shovelware

名词 n.
/ˈʃʌvəlwɛə(ɹ)/    /ˈʃʌvəlwɛɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A haphazard collection of software assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality. derogatory,slang,uncountable
    — Internet vanity broadcasts may be nice for station owner egos or 'WKRP' wannabes without a real transmission tower … But this is essentially audio shovelware, no better than dumping videos or books without interactive elements onto a CD-ROM or the Net.
  2. Traditional media content, such as printed news reports, republished hastily on the Internet without considering the needs and capabilities of that medium. slang,uncountable
    — The importance given to ‘original content’ for instance comes from the general notion that the online newscast is a new medium and therefore requires original content instead of supplying the user with mere copies of its print version (‘shovelware’). Though this may be a valid opinion, the underlying assumption – online newsmedia are just an arm of their respective print, television or radio bodies – can be criticized.
  3. Video games of low quality derogatory,slang,uncountable
    — It also had to make it clear it would not allow publishers to simply port PC titles to the Xbox and pollute the platform with "shovelware."

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From shovel + -ware.
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