Definitions
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- noun computing, informal
Software that isuseless or of poorquality .
Etymologies
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Examples
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That sounds about right, because we all know that CIA agents shop in Chinese crapware sites.
Gizmodo 2009
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These apps touting mobile TV, football games, location-based search and games are the new face of bloatware, also known as crapware or craplets in the PC world.
Ars Technica 2010
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These apps touting mobile TV, football games, location-based search and games are the new face of bloatware, also known as crapware or craplets in the PC world.
Gizmodo 2010
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These apps touting mobile TV, football games, location-based search and games are the new face of bloatware, also known as crapware or craplets in the PC world.
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So there's more and more of what's generally called crapware on these systems.
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These apps touting mobile TV, football games, location-based search and games are the new face of bloatware, also known as crapware or craplets in the PC world.
Gizmodo 2010
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So there's more and more of what's generally called crapware on these systems.
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But while some PC manufacturers have realized that customers hate getting a computer full of "crapware," the carriers refuse to learn from their example - and on an Android phone, the effects are much worse.
Verizon's Fascinate reaches new lows among smartphones run amok Rob Pegoraro 2010
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But while some PC manufacturers have realized that customers hate getting a computer full of "crapware," the carriers refuse to learn from their example - and on an Android phone, the effects are much worse.
Verizon's Fascinate reaches new lows among smartphones run amok Rob Pegoraro 2010
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July 27, 2009 at 5:11 AM i voted for digsby .. i've had it installed for so long that the whole 'crapware' installer thing never came up for me ..
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