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单词 shovelware
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Definition of shovelware in English:

shovelware

nounˈʃʌv(ə)lwɛːˈSHəvəlwer
mass nounComputing
  • Software or online content that has been added to a CD or placed on the Internet without having been altered so as to suit the new medium.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All stories in the Oklahoman are automatically included through computer software called shovelware.
    • I am very aware that without the right questions and tasks, my work won't be changing anything much; it will be mere shovelware.
    • You don't want to ship shovelware and want to stay back to finish what you started
    • All of the candidates' sites provided important collateral materials - biographies, press releases, schedules, shovelware.
    • We see shovelware everywhere, but we know that the new media can be liberated - and still convergent - from its print and broadcast forebears.

Origin

1980s: from the notion of ‘shovelling’ the information on to a CD or the Internet indiscriminately.

 
 

Definition of shovelware in US English:

shovelware

nounˈSHəvəlwer
Computing
  • Software or online content that has been added to a CD or placed on the Internet without having been altered so as to suit the new medium.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All stories in the Oklahoman are automatically included through computer software called shovelware.
    • I am very aware that without the right questions and tasks, my work won't be changing anything much; it will be mere shovelware.
    • All of the candidates' sites provided important collateral materials - biographies, press releases, schedules, shovelware.
    • We see shovelware everywhere, but we know that the new media can be liberated - and still convergent - from its print and broadcast forebears.
    • You don't want to ship shovelware and want to stay back to finish what you started

Origin

1980s: from the notion of ‘shovelling’ the information on to a CD or the Internet indiscriminately.

 
 
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