bloatware n. [common] Software that provides minimal functionality while requiring a disproportionate amount of diskspace and memory.

bloatware n.

[common] Software that provides minimal
functionality while requiring a disproportionate amount of
diskspace and memory. Especially used for application and OS upgrades.
This term is very common in the Windows/NT world. So is its
cause.

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