Re: What is "Bloat" anyway?
The true meaning of bloat is inefficient code that uses more memory and/or bandwidth than it should need to use.
But a lot of people wrongly seem to think bloat means unwanted software that is installed. Some people think that anything is bloat if it is more than a terminal with network connection so they can browse the web in text. That's not really what bloat is. What some people consider "bloat", others consider features.
Originally Posted by
jmore9
As I understand Bloat it is from the windows family and refers to all the stuff that Dell, IBM, HP, Compaq, etc. would install onto the machines which were either demos or limited function programs for the user to try and if liked to go and purchase.
That is just my view, everyone has their own of course.
That's not bloat; that's crapware.
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