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Meaning of "bloatware" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOATWARE

bloatware  [ˈbləʊtˌweə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOATWARE

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determiner
exclamation
Bloatware is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOATWARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Software bloat

Software bloat is a process whereby successive versions of a computer program become perceptibly slower, use more memory/diskspace or processing power, or have higher hardware requirements than the previous version whilst making only dubious user-perceptible improvements. The term is not applied consistently; it is often used as a pejorative by end users to describe undesired user interface changes even if those changes had little or no effect on the hardware requirements. In long-lived software, perceived bloat can occur from the software servicing a large, diverse marketplace with many differing requirements. Most end users will feel they only need some limited subset of the available functions and will regard the others as unnecessary bloat, even if people with different requirements do use them. Actual bloat can occur due to de-emphasising software efficiency in favour of other concerns like developer productivity, or possibly through the introduction of new layers of abstraction like a virtual machine or other scripting engine for the purposes of convenience when developer constraints are reduced.

Definition of bloatware in the English dictionary

The definition of bloatware in the dictionary is computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOATWARE


barware
ˈbɑːˌweə
clayware
ˈkleɪˌweə
courseware
ˈkɔːsˌweə
dishware
ˈdɪʃˌweə
eachwhere
ˈiːtʃˌweə
holloware
ˈhɒləʊˌweə
innerwear
ˈɪnəˌweə
ladieswear
ˈleɪdɪzˌweə
playwear
ˈpleɪˌweə
steelware
ˈstiːlˌweə
stiffware
ˈstɪfˌweə
teaware
ˈtiːˌweə
townwear
ˈtaʊnˌweə
vaporware
ˈveɪpəˌweə
whiteware
ˈwaɪtˌweə
womenswear
ˈwɪmɪnzˌweə
yellowware
ˈjeləʊˌweə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOATWARE

bloat
bloated
bloatedness
bloater
bloating
blob
blobbed
blobbing
blobby
bloc
Bloch
block
block and tackle
block association
block booking
block calendar
block capital
block diagram
block grant
block in

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOATWARE

application software
aware
basaltware
beware
bundled software
Delaware
delftware
firmware
flatware
giftware
hardware
malware
operating software
software
systems software
teaching software
telesoftware
utility software
ware
wetware

Synonyms and antonyms of bloatware in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bloatware» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOATWARE

Find out the translation of bloatware to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bloatware from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bloatware» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的英国媒体报道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bloatware
570 millions of speakers

English

bloatware
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bloatware
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من bloatware
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вирусы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bloatware
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bloatware
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bloatware
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bloatware
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bloatware
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブロートウェア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

블로 트웨어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bloatware
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bloatware
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bloatware இருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लोटॉवेअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bloatware
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bloatware
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bloatware
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

віруси
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bloatware
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bloatware
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloatware
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bloatware
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bloatware
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bloatware

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOATWARE»

The term «bloatware» is regularly used and occupies the 96.197 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOATWARE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bloatware» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bloatware» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bloatware

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOATWARE»

Discover the use of bloatware in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bloatware and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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PC Mag
... Recyclable construction - Energy Star 4.0-certified - Minimal cables - No bloatware - Inexpensive - Large 500GB hard drive - No bloatware - Top-mounted USB ports - Great multimedia keyboard and optical mouse - Discrete 3D graphics  ...
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Get Organized: How to Clean Up Your Messy Digital Life:
To Remove or Not Remove Bloatware? Before we get into the nitty-gritty of deleting apps and music you chose to put on your phone, let's take a look at removing bloatware, ordatathat you got whetheryouwanted itornot. Bloatware is more of a ...
Jill E Duffy, PC Mag, 2013
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Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies
The programs accumulated into what is now known as bloatware. Basically, bloatware is any software preinstalled or available on your PC that you don't want . You're free to remove the software at any time, which generally frees up disk space ...
Dan Gookin, 2011
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Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your PC All-in-One Desk ...
... that beg'ns Accessories), as covered inthe earliersection : 9' MSWOrdPadI' " Pruning Windows programs." Removing bloatware is done just like uninstalling any PC software: Refer to the section “Uninstalling software,” earlier in this chapter.
Dan Gookin, 2013
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XDA Developers' Android Hacker's Toolkit: The Complete Guide ...
If you want to remove OEM and carrier bloatware, you require root access. AT&T previously prevented non-market applications being installed on devices it supplied. Rooting one of these devices allowed users to install non-market and ...
Jason Tyler, 2012
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InfoWorld
My recent column about bloatware (see "Faster hardware is just a Band-Aid solution for bloated software pigs," Jan. 15, page 52) engendered quite a bit of response, particularly from programmers commenting on the suggestion that part of the ...
7
PC Mag
... Windows systems - Windows- and Mac-compatible - Fully HD-capable screen - Recyclable construction - Energy Star 4.0-certified - Minimal bloatware - - Blazing performance numbers ~ Impressive overclocking job ~ No bloatware - Lifetime ...
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NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
bloatware. Slang for a software version that has so many extra features, it takes up a large amount of space on your hard drive and slows down your computer system for no valuable reason. Sarcastic users will refer to the third release of a ...
Erin Jansen, Vincent James, 2002
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Computerworld
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PC Mag
Still, on the plus side, it comes with 90 days of Norton Antivirus, and it's bloatware -free. It also has the most internal tool-less expansion space. The Aspire is one of the more stylish value PCs, and it is the least expensive desktop in our lineup.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOATWARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bloatware is used in the context of the following news items.
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Samsung, Oppo collared in smartphone bloatware probe
Smartphone makers Samsung and Oppo face legal action in China over handsets apparently stuffed with bloatware. Plenty of folk in the ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
Sinking the bloatware ship
Bloatware, the not so loving term used to described software equivalent of spam in our inboxes, software we never asked for but are shoved in ... «SlashGear, Jul 15»
3
Consumer files lawsuits against bloatware in new Samsung and …
Samsung and Oppo now face legal action in China, where a consumer watchdog filed multiple different lawsuits over all the 'bloatware' that ... «Technogigs, Jul 15»
4
Apple in crosshairs again as China's CCTV zeroes in on iPhone …
The CCTV report also singled out South Korea's Samsung and Chinese smartphone maker Gionee for the so-called bloatware apps that ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
5
A new Android One device lands in Asia
It definitely helps avoid the situation where low-end devices moan and groan under the weight of too much bloatware installed by their ... «ThaiVisa News, Jul 15»
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Galaxy Note 5: Leaked Renders May be Our First Look at …
... cutting-edge hardware and a bunch of annoying, storage-clogging bloatware. We expect much of the same from the upcoming Galaxy Note 5 ... «BGR, Jul 15»
7
Chicago Download: Drivin, 1871's New Accelerator, Reliefwatch …
Bloatware is annoying. It's the pre-installed software on your phone that you never use that takes up a ton of unnecessary disk space. But China ... «Chicago Inno, Jul 15»
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With Windows 10 RTM looming, Microsoft posts version comparison
RTM refers to the version that Microsoft supplies to PC vendors, who may then add their own drivers (and, in many cases, bloatware) before ... «PCWorld, Jul 15»
9
The Best App Uninstaller for Android
In addition to the usual backup features , it can also uninstall system-level apps if you want to get rid of any carrier-branded junk or bloatware. «LifeHacker India, Jul 15»
10
Microsoft Corporation vs. Google Inc: Let The Android Wars Begin!
To make matters worse, Android device makers started pre-installing first-party "bloatware" to their devices to generate more revenue per ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bloatware [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bloatware>. Apr 2024 ».
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