shovelware

  1. Noun.  (computing, slang) A haphazard collection of software assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality.
  2. Noun.  (media, slang) Traditional media content, such as printed news reports, republished hastily on the Internet without considering the needs and capabilities of that medium.

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