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Shovelware is a term for individual video games or software bundles known more for the quantity of what is included than for the quality or usefulness.[1]
The metaphor implies that the creators showed little care for the quality of the original software, as if the new compilation or version had been created by indiscriminately adding titles "by the shovel" in the same way someone would shovel bulk material into a pile. The term "shovelware" is coined by semantic analogy to phrases like shareware and freeware, which describe methods of software distribution. It first appeared in the early 1990s when large amounts of shareware demo programs were copied onto CD-ROMs and advertised in magazines or sold at computer flea markets.[1]
- ^ a b "Definition of: Shovelware". PC Magazine Encyclopedia. PC Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.