shovelwarenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈʃʌvəlweər/usdisapprovingE-COMMERCE information that is put onto a website or CD-ROM without being checked or changed to make sure that it is suitable or useful:
Any CD that promises 10,000 "professional fonts" for $3 is shovelware.
IT software that is put onto a computer that is not necessary or useful:
Hardware vendors tend to dump a lot of shovelware on packaged PCs.