Definitions

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  • noun computing software that is bundled with something else

Etymologies

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bundle +‎ -ware

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Examples

  • (or "bundleware") that bogs down so many new machines.

    Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows 2009

  • Sony provides Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition with the VPCS117GG along with a bevy of applications that go a little further than the standard bundleware that most vendors offer.

    ZDNet Australia Alex Kidman 2010

  • Sony provides Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition with the VPCS117GG along with a bevy of applications that go a little further than the standard bundleware that most vendors offer.

    ZDNet Australia Alex Kidman 2010

  • Sony provides Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition with the VPCS117GG along with a bevy of applications that go a little further than the standard bundleware that most vendors offer.

    ZDNet Australia Alex Kidman 2010

  • Sony provides Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition with the VPCS117GG along with a bevy of applications that go a little further than the standard bundleware that most vendors offer.

    ZDNet Australia Alex Kidman 2010

  • Our beloved OEM's keep stuffing their product's hard drives with all that annoying bundleware.

    Israelated - English Israel blogs 2009

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  • Wikipedia reckons 'usage of the word bundleware in this context OEM pre-installation'>sc. OEM pre-installation was at its peak in the late 1990s', but offers no evidence.

    January 5, 2009