Definition of bloatware - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

pre-installed

Rare

unwanted pre-installed software on devices

Rare

My phone came with a lot of bloatware.

technology

Rare

software with too many features, making it slow

Rare

The new update turned the app into bloatware.

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Origin of bloatware

English, bloat (to swell) + ware (products)

Examples of bloatware in a sentence

Removing bloatware freed up space on my tablet.
My computer is slow due to all the bloatware.
Bloatware on the phone made it unusable.

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French:logiciels indésirables, logiciel encombrant, ...
German:Bloatware, ...
Italian:bloatware, software pesante, ...
Spanish:bloatware, ...
Portuguese:software inútil, ...
Chinese:臃肿软件, 累赘软件, ...
Japanese:不要なソフト, 肥大化ソフト, ...
Arabic:بَرْمَجِيَّات مُثْقَلَة, بْلُوتْوِير, ...
Hebrew:תּוֹכְנָה מְנוּפָּחַת, תוֹכנָה כְּבֵדָה, ...
Russian:ненужные программы, блоатваре, ...
Ukrainian:непотрібне програмне забезпечення, блоатваре, ...
Hindi:ब्लोटवेयर, अनावश्यक सॉफ़्टवेयर, ...
Bengali:অনাকাঙ্ক্ষিত সফটওয়্যার, অতিরিক্ত বৈশিষ্ট্যযুক্ত সফটওয়্যার, ...
Catalan:programari inflat, ...
Czech:balastní software, bloatware, ...
Danish:bloatware, ...
Dutch:bloatware, ...
Greek:ανεπιθύμητο λογισμικό, φουσκωμένο λογισμικό, ...
Hungarian:kéretlen előtelepített szoftver, túlterhelt szoftver, ...
Khmer:កម្មវិធីដែលបានដំឡើងជាមុន ហើយមិនចាំបាច់, កម្មវិធីដែលមានមុខងារច្រើនហួសប្រមាណរហូតធ្វើឱ្យដំណើរការយឺត, ...
Korean:불필요한 소프트웨어, 느린 소프트웨어, ...
Persian:نرم‌افزار اضافی, نرم‌افزار حجیم, ...
Polish:niechciane oprogramowanie, bloatware, ...
Portuguese (BR):software inchado, bloatware, ...
Romanian:bloatware, software încărcat, ...
Swedish:bloatware, ...
Thai:ซอฟต์แวร์ที่ไม่ต้องการ, ซอฟต์แวร์บวม, ...
Turkish:önceden yüklenmiş yazılım, şişkin yazılım, ...
Vietnamese:phần mềm rác, phần mềm nặng, ...

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Definition of bloatware - Reverso English Dictionary

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