Definitions for "Shovelware"
Keywords:  showstopper, shrinkwrap
showstopper shrinkwrap
A condescending term for dumping information onto your Web site without changing its format or enhancing its content.
Shovelware is software that is inflated in value by "shoveling" in all kinds of information, usually free to anyone and generally worthless. The term is being expanded by usage to the web, where a lot of irrelevant information is shoveled onto many sites.
a critical term used when traditional courseware is repurposed for the internet without full consideration of the quality of the new learning experience. Essentially "Shoveling" content onto the internet for better or worse.
The derogatory computer jargon term shovelware refers to software noted more for the quantity of what is included than for the quality or usefulness.
Keywords:  rom, media, pre, disk, fill
A CD-ROM title that contains pre-existing material, usually taken from other media, that has been shoveled in by the developers in order to fill the 600 MB of disk space.