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bloatware
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n. [common] Software that provides minimal functionality while requiring a
disproportionate amount of diskspace and memory. Especially used for
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application and OS upgrades. This term is very common in relation to
Windows operating systems and applications.
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Also sometimes used in reverse for humerous effect. "Eleven megabytes?!
TinyCore Linux is bloatware!"