shovelware

== English == === Etymology === From shovel +‎ -ware. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃʌvəlwɛə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃʌvəlwɛɚ/ Hyphenation: sho‧vel‧ware === Noun === shovelware (uncountable) (computing, slang, derogatory) A haphazard collection of software assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality. [from 20th c.] (media, slang) Traditional media content, such as printed news reports, republished hastily on the Internet without considering the needs and capabilities of that medium. 2008, Tim Holmes, “Writing Online”, in Wynford Hicks, Sally Adams, Harriett Gilbert, and Tim Holmes, Writing for Journalists, 2nd edition, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 134 and 135: Click onto it, however, and you will find a great deal of the content simply reproduces the news reports and features that appear in the printed newspaper – shovelware. […] [M]odified shovelware can also encompass shortened or otherwise amended pieces originally written for print. Such material may be augmented with 'rich' additions like comments, related blogs and suggested links to other stories, videos and podcasts. (gaming, slang, derogatory) Video games of low quality Synonym: (c. 2020s) slop === See also === rackware === Further reading === shovelware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia