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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

shovelware
 /shuh'v@l?weir`/, n.

    1. Extra software dumped onto a CD-ROM or tape to fill up the remaining
    space on the medium after the software distribution it's intended to carry,
    but not integrated with the distribution.

    2. A slipshod compilation of software dumped onto a CD-ROM without much
    care for organization or even usability.

2. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

shovelware

   /shuh'v*l-weir"/ Extra software dumped onto a CD-ROM or tape
   to fill up the remaining space on the medium after the
   software distribution it's intended to carry, but not
   integrated with the distribution.

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