crapware

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Software that is useless or of poor quality. informal,uncountable
    — Can it download and execute dangerous code, including viruses and really buggy crapware? No problem.
  2. Unwanted software that comes pre-installed with personal computers or mobile devices. informal,uncountable
    — We suspect that its extra pound of heft is made up entirely of crapware—the Vaio ships with a ludicrous number of useless preinstalled applications. We understand the economic necessities of subsidizing inexpensive PCs with third-party crapware, but there's no excuse for whoring out a notebook of this price.

词源

Etymology tree
Old Dutch krappender.
Old French crappe
Middle French crapebor.
Middle English crappe
English crap
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī)
Old English sōfte
Middle English softe
English soft
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English softwarebf.
English -ware
English crapware
From crap + -ware.
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