Shovelware is a computer software. In the early 1990s the term shovelware used to describe CD-ROMs such as collection of shareware and public domain software. The main concept of shovelware is the “porting”. The process of adapting software is called as porting. Generally porting means changing of software and hardware and make them usable in different environments.
In shovelware the software that is ported from one computer platform or storage medium to another destination platform or storage medium. The porting of software results in poor quality. The shovelware is also used to conversion of one media format to another media format. For example floppy disk collections are aggregated onto CD-ROMs. It also converts the PC websites into mobile websites. The modern computers has the limited capacity of removal media. Due the limited capacity of removal media the practice of shovelware decreased.
In modern days the term shovelware used by video game reviewers due to the low quality. The adaptation of works are also called sovelware such as films into video games. The consumer oriented hardware such as printers and scanners are also group of shovelware.
In shovelware the software that is ported from one computer platform or storage medium to another destination platform or storage medium. The porting of software results in poor quality. The shovelware is also used to conversion of one media format to another media format. For example floppy disk collections are aggregated onto CD-ROMs. It also converts the PC websites into mobile websites. The modern computers has the limited capacity of removal media. Due the limited capacity of removal media the practice of shovelware decreased.
In modern days the term shovelware used by video game reviewers due to the low quality. The adaptation of works are also called sovelware such as films into video games. The consumer oriented hardware such as printers and scanners are also group of shovelware.
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