bloat·ware

(blōt′wâr′)

Software with large, often unused additional features.

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bloatware

(ˈbləʊtˌwɛə)

computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements

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bloatware

A piece of software that takes up a disproportionately large amount of disk space and processing power for its functionality.

References in periodicals archive

"We started to dial in on business goals as milestones of achievement and removed unnecessary software bloat that increases maintainability when creating integrations with carriers.

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In 2014, S5 suffered performance issues and software bloat but had slight improvements in S6 but its battery drained heavily.

Samsung's S7 Edge is more refined and sophisticated

Software bloat and software-functional duplication, both of which are software's equivalent of inflation, will need to be managed.

Software as Currency

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