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Situation of degraded computer performance
Software bloat is when successive versions of a computer program become noticeably slower, require more CPU processing power, more RAM allocation, disk
Software_bloat
Production of unnecessarily long, slow or wasteful program code
In computer programming, code bloat is the production of executable code (source code or machine code) that is unnecessarily long, slow, or otherwise
Code_bloat
Topics referred to by the same term
Code bloat, computer code that is unnecessarily long, slow, or wasteful of resources Software bloat, uncontrolled and damaging growth of a software system
Bloat
Critical reception of the Microsoft operating system
higher than XP. Concerns were expressed that Windows Vista may contain software bloat. Speaking in 2007 at the University of Illinois, Microsoft distinguished
Criticism_of_Windows_Vista
Degradation or loss of the use of software over time
Colloquial term for software requiring many conflicting dependencies Generation loss – Loss of quality between copies Software bloat – Situation of degraded
Software_rot
Overload of elements on an interface
Interface bloat is a phenomenon in software design where an interface incorporates too many (often unnecessary) operations or elements, causing issues
Interface_bloat
Development framework built on Chromium
2.0. The most common criticism of Electron is that it necessitates software bloat when used for simple programs. As a result, Michael Larabel has referred
Electron_(software_framework)
Computer program with low system resource usage
achieve this, the software should avoid software bloat and code bloat and try to find the best algorithm efficiency. While all software development generally
Lightweight_software
Distinguishing characteristic of a program
considered a negative attribute. The terms feature creep, software bloat, and featuritis refer to software that is overly feature-rich. This type of excessive
Software_feature
Linux distribution with low resource requirements
lower memory and processor-speed requirements are achieved by avoiding software bloat, i.e. by leaving out features that are perceived to have little or no
Comparison of lightweight Linux distributions
Comparison_of_lightweight_Linux_distributions
Open-source HTML layout engine
combination of poor technical and management decisions resulted in Gecko software bloat. Thus in 2001 Apple chose to fork KHTML, not Gecko, to create the WebKit
Gecko_(software)
Overview of and topical guide to software development
languages Software developer Software engineer Consulting software engineer Computer programmer Software publisher Web developer Shovelware Software bloat Software
Outline of software development
Outline_of_software_development
Inner-platform effect – Tendency of software architects to replicate their development platform Input kludge Interface bloat – Overload of elements on an interface
List of software anti-patterns
List_of_software_anti-patterns
Apple's media library and media player software
16, 2017. Welch, Chris (September 12, 2017). "Apple starts cutting the bloat from iTunes by removing iOS App Store". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from
ITunes
Build automation tool
casual users who want to compile the project, but may contribute to software bloat if a common installed dependency could have been used instead. The mode
Meson_(software)
Jargon word for redundant, obtrusive material, originally used in computing
shipped replacement. AI slop – Low-quality AI-generated digital content Software bloat Dead-code elimination, the automatic removal of unnecessary code by
Cruft
Excessive ongoing expansion or addition of features in a product
features go beyond the basic function of the product and can result in software bloat and over-complication, rather than simple design. The definition of
Feature_creep
Privacy-focused encrypted messaging app
expert Bruce Schneier, who had previously praised the software. Schneier stated that this would bloat the client and attract unwanted attention from the
Signal_(software)
Restructuring existing computer code without changing its external behavior
engineering can remove inefficiencies in programs, known as software bloat, arising from traditional software-development strategies that aim to minimize an application's
Code_refactoring
High-level computer programming conceptualization
have associative methods leads some skeptics to associate OOP with software bloat; an attempt to resolve this dilemma came through polymorphism. Although
Programming_paradigm
Product design with limited useful life
fixing a product defect Right to repair – Legal right and movement Software bloat – successive versions of a computer program requiring ever more computing
Planned_obsolescence
Software that supports solution development via inversion of control
framework is that it adds to the size of a program, a phenomenon termed code bloat. This can be exacerbated by using multiple, sometimes competing, frameworks
Software_framework
Suite of system components for Linux
commented that systemd's design goals were prone to mission creep and software bloat. In April 2014, Linus Torvalds expressed reservations about the attitude
Systemd
Simulation — Software — Software architecture — Software bloat — Software brittleness — Software componentry — Software configuration management — Software development
Index of software engineering articles
Index_of_software_engineering_articles
Chinese multinational technology company
reduce the amount of "Software bloat" it bundles with its Windows 10 devices, promising to only include Lenovo software, security software, drivers, and "certain
Lenovo
Software development philosophy
making overt. Conversely, McIlroy has criticized modern Linux as having software bloat, remarking that, "adoring admirers have fed Linux goodies to a disheartening
Unix_philosophy
Poor-quality software collection
computer by OEM Product bundling – Offering several products as one Software bloat – Situation of degraded computer performance Video game crash of 1983 –
Shovelware
offer more than they should (Software bloat). Content might differ significantly in different countries. Overreliance on software, which may hinder the development
Study_software
Project management issue
Instruction creep Mission creep The Mythical Man-Month Second-system effect Software bloat Lewis, James (2002). Fundamentals of Project Management (Second ed.)
Scope_creep
Offering several products as one
holiday Price discrimination Product lining Product management Shovelware Software bloat Tying (commerce) Vaccine bundling Adams, W.; Yellen, J. (August 1976)
Product_bundling
Linux distribution developed by Canonical
MythBusters, advocated Linux (giving the example of Ubuntu) as a solution to software bloat. Other celebrity users of Ubuntu include science fiction writer Cory
Ubuntu
Page layout using a personal computer
Desktop publishing (DTP) is the creation of documents using dedicated software on a personal ("desktop") computer. It was first used almost exclusively
Desktop_publishing
Adage on computer performance
(computing) No Silver Bullet Parkinson's law Software bloat Waste Wirth, Niklaus (February 1995). "A Plea for Lean Software". Computer. 28 (2): 64–68. doi:10.1109/2
Wirth's_law
Technique in computer programming to optimize loop execution
inefficient because software pipelining cannot be used in this code (at least not without a significant amount of further code bloat). Furthermore, if bignumber
Software_pipelining
Free and open-source software community, developer of Firefox and Thunderbird
the Mozilla browser. To combat what they saw as the Mozilla Suite's software bloat, they created a stand-alone browser, with which they intended to replace
Mozilla
Partnership between Microsoft Windows and Intel
Windows and other software did not fully use Intel microprocessors' power. There have been opinions that Windows by its natural software bloat has eaten up
Wintel
Media player developed by Apple
respectively. By the 2010s, the application had been criticized for software bloat with features that extended well beyond the original scope of music
Music_(app)
Computing slang
several programs creates software bloat and complicates the deployment of security fixes or newer versions of dependent software. The DLL overwriting problem
DLL_hell
Free and open source project building an anonymous network
applications such as e-mail, torrents, and others that can be regarded as bloat. The I2PSnark standalone BitTorrent client by I2P+ Team can still be used
I2P
Observation on the growth of integrated circuit capacity
principle that successive generations of computer software increase in size and complexity (software bloat), thereby offsetting the performance gains predicted
Moore's_law
Lightweight Linux distribution
other distros to PET packages. Puppy Package Manager can also trim the software bloat of a package to reduce the disk space used. On earlier releases of Puppy
Puppy_Linux
Finnish mobile phone manufacturer
up-to-date", claiming it does not contain Software bloat or additional software and that the phones will get fast software updates compared to other OEMs. Until
HMD_Global
Minimalist philosophies in hardware and software
Pareto principle Rule of least power Software bloat Unix philosophy Wirth's law Worse is better Zawinski's law of software envelopment von Hagen, William (13
Minimalism_(computing)
List of organizations and individuals who have adopted Linux
MythBusters, advocated Linux-based operating systems as a solution to software bloat. Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow uses Ubuntu. Actor Wil Wheaton
List_of_Linux_adopters
Number of states of a cybernetic system
requirements, selection of digital infrastructure mechanisms, redundancy and software bloat, the bit representation of data types and indexes, analogue to digital
Variety_(cybernetics)
Open-source web browser project
2011. Shankland, Stephen (March 2011). "Google Working to Reverse Chrome Bloat". CNET. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 27 March 2011. Gruener, Wolfgang (April 2011)
Chromium_(web_browser)
open-source software portal Comparison of X window managers Comparison of file managers Croquet Project freedesktop.org Minimalism (computing) Software bloat XFree86
Comparison of X Window System desktop environments
Comparison_of_X_Window_System_desktop_environments
Cross-platform component model from Mozilla
for internal interfaces where it wasn't truly necessary, resulting in software bloat. This was a key reason why in 2001 Apple forked KHTML, not Gecko, to
XPCOM
Operating system for mobile devices
history by introducing new software iterations and hardware standards across the board", and became known for its "bloat-free" software with "timely ... updates"
Android_(operating_system)
General-purpose programming language
criticism for violating these principles and adding unnecessary language bloat. Responses to these criticisms note that the Zen of Python is a guideline
Python_(programming_language)
Software overlay by Samsung Electronics
Reviewers had criticized Samsung for including too many features and software bloat, especially in the Galaxy S4, which included what many users called
Samsung_Experience
Free and open-source web content management system
about why the Joomla 4 project had become distracted by feature creep, software bloat, eventual cost overrun and lack of trust. Against a background of unrelenting
Joomla
Software feature removing online advertising in a web browser or application
Ad blocking (or ad filtering) is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This
Ad_blocking
BitTorrent client
Vuze developers launch new open-source torrent client without any ads or bloat", Neowin, retrieved 2024-05-12 Urban, Petr (2017-08-07), Vývoj Vuze stojí
Vuze
Linux distribution
software, formats, or network services. Under these guidelines, the Hyperbola project rejects packages such as D-Bus, PulseAudio, and systemd (bloat)
Hyperbola_GNU/Linux-libre
software bloat can make the system less efficient. For this reason, energy proportionality can important across a wide range of hardware and software
Energy_proportional_computing
BitTorrent client
premium and proprietary features and features the developers considered bloat, including DVD burning, gaming promotions, the video-sharing content network
BiglyBT
Web browser content blocking extension
after past experience, giving concerns such as monetisation and feature bloat, and he would instead "at most" archive it, offering others the chance to
UBlock_Origin
Software performance visualization technique
"Visual Studio Code 1.50 goes hard on extensions support, but tackling add-on bloat is becoming more onerous". The Register. Retrieved 1 April 2026. "Read the
Flame_graph
Free and open-source document viewer for Windows
tiny open source portable reader that opens PDF's in the blink of an eye. Bloat and startup time is a major drawback to Adobe Reader, so we fled to the
Sumatra_PDF
Maxim stating that software growth will offset faster computers
Kennedy, Randall C. (2008-04-14). "Fat, fatter, fattest: Microsoft's kings of bloat". infoworld.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2026-07-09
Andy_and_Bill's_law
Translator of computer source code
programs. Like the Intel 8080-to-8086 translator, it resulted in immediate bloat unless you were willing to hand-optimize the result. Much early MS-DOS code
Source-to-source_compiler
Content delivery software by Electronic Arts
February 20, 2023. Wolens, Joshua (December 13, 2022). "2022 saw launcher bloat turn from a minor annoyance into a genuine problem". PC Gamer. Future plc
EA_App
Android smartphone manufactured by Starmobile
animations and navigation transitions highly responsive. To minimize software bloat, third-party system applications are kept to a minimum, though it does
Starmobile_Diamond_X1
Web browser developed by Google
strategy exacts a fixed per-process cost up front, but results in less memory bloat over time as fragmentation is confined to each instance and no longer needs
Google_Chrome
Data analysis software
and implementation. Frequent causes of frustration include extreme code bloat, heavy use of global variables, and an overcomplicated class hierarchy.
ROOT
Vector graphics editor from Adobe Inc
Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design software developed and marketed by Adobe. Originally designed for the Apple Macintosh, development
Adobe_Illustrator
kernel with few or no components of GNU, due to perceived issues surrounding bloat, and impeded performance. A system running μClinux is likely to substitute
GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
Smartwatch
life and other things to the watch. This new platform prevents smartwatch bloat and making the watch bulky like most of its competitors' smartwatches. The
Pebble_(watch)
2015 flagship smartphones by Samsung Electronics
quality of its display, and the significantly smaller amount of "bloat" in the device's software. Anandtech believed that the S6's new fingerprint reader was
Samsung_Galaxy_S6
Web browser made by Mozilla
the Mozilla browser. To combat what they saw as the Mozilla Suite's software bloat, they created a standalone browser, with which they intended to replace
Firefox
Android smartphone developed by Motorola Mobility
call quality, and all the features that most users need without adding bloat. Disadvantages include a poor sales package, the durability of the plastic
Moto_G_(2nd_generation)
Ex-FBI Software Application
falling behind schedule Code bloat due to changing specifications and scope creep—at one point it was estimated the software had over 700,000 lines of code
Virtual_Case_File
Generic RAID volume management
controllers, contributes to code bloat, not to mention any additional drivers for which no such tool even exists as open-source software at all. In OpenBSD 6.4
Bioctl
CSS framework
typography Perfected browser CSS reset Powerful scripts for customization Bloat Minimized as much as possible CSS box model "joshuaclayton/blueprint-css"
Blueprint_(CSS_framework)
Home computer introduced in 1992
engineer for Commodore, described the new features the A600 provided as bloat and noted its compatibility issues with A500 peripherals and lack of numeric
Amiga_600
History of the Ubuntu operating system
Lynch gave a favorable review in December while noting concerns of software bloat. On 17 October 2012, Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring
Ubuntu_version_history
Unnecesary source code
d*d))); } Code bloat – Production of unnecessarily long, slow or wasteful program code Code reuse – Using existing code in new software Common subexpression
Redundant_code
Third-party utility to clean up the Windows Registry
unable to fit within the first 16 MB of memory. Slowdown due to Registry bloat is thus far less of an issue in modern versions of Windows. Conversely,
Registry_cleaner
Old printer error message in some operating systems
2019. "Linux Kernel Mailing List archive: Michael K. Johnson Re: GLOAT BLOAT (Was: Boot messages, Ideas for v2.1)". June 24, 1996. Retrieved May 17,
Lp0_on_fire
Free and open source text-based RSS/Atom feedreader
continuation of the Newsbeuter project. The software is extremely configurable and offers a great feature set without any bloat." Linux Magazine in its FOSSPicks
Newsboat
Open source minimalist web browser
Perrin, Chad (2010-11-15). "Try the uzbl browser if you're tired of feature bloat". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2019-02-20
Uzbl
Video game service by Ubisoft
3 September 2015. Wolens, Joshua (13 December 2022). "2022 saw launcher bloat turn from a minor annoyance into a genuine problem". PC Gamer. Future plc
Ubisoft_Connect
Instruction set designed to be run by a software interpreter
"Full-codegen" compiler. However, this architecture faced severe memory bloat on mobile devices and unmanageable complexity when supporting newer, complex
Bytecode
Software library for the C++ programming language
The Standard Template Library (STL) was a software library originally designed by Alexander Stepanov for the C++ programming language that influenced many
Standard_Template_Library
Features of the Firefox web browser
such as Google Chrome, Safari, and Microsoft Edge. To avoid interface bloat, ship a relatively smaller core customizable to meet individual users' needs
List_of_Firefox_features
through a flexible and extensible API for the applications. This avoids bloat in the applications by only getting what they use.[clarification needed]
General_Graphics_Interface
Graphical web browser for DOS and Linux
achieve this with minimal changes to the existing system and to not cause bloat to an operating system also tailored for thin clients and embedded systems
DR-WebSpyder
Issues concerning use of operating systems which use Linux
feature, it only gets worse. At LinuxCon 2014, Torvalds said he thinks the bloat situation is better because modern PCs are a lot faster: Torvalds said he'd
Criticism_of_Linux
Modding in the Doom video game series
graphics, absurd difficulty, and otherwise-useless data that existed to either bloat the mod's file size or tamper with the player's settings. It was removed
Doom_modding
Android application publishing file format
that each installation file could contain potentially large amounts of bloat irrelevant for a device's specific combination of CPU, locale, and screen
Android_App_Bundle
Computer architecture to aid parallelism
designers to realize VLIW's performance advantages while eliminating the code bloat of early VLIW architectures. The Infineon Carmel DSP is another VLIW processor
Very_long_instruction_word
Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, utilizing the LXQt desktop environment
amazing what you can achieve when you cut out the unnecessary eye-candy and bloat." Also on 12 May 2011, Koen Vervloesem writing in Linux User & Developer
Lubuntu
2023 video game
Hammerwatch 2 is basically going to be Diablo lite without the live service bloat". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2024-01-09
Hammerwatch_2
Web browser developed by Microsoft
criticism from users and the press, arguing that the feature was added bloat. In December 2021, Microsoft began testing the display of in-browser prompts
Microsoft_Edge
Family of instruction set architectures
(December 19, 2024). "Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end". Tom's Hardware. Archived from the
X86
Style of computer programming
course). As further consequences: there is no possibility of code bloat (code bloat is common in C++ and requires special care, as explained below). it
Generic_programming
Social networking services where hosts do not receive payments
registered under .org-domains, built up by volunteers and use open-source software. The biggest HospEx platform in 2012, "CouchSurfing appears to fulfil the
Hospitality_exchange_service
teams prefer to work with lightweight tools that have less accumulated bloat and no cumbersome licensing restrictions. Test double Digital twin Service
Service_virtualization
1996 video game
Zoombini Isle. Later they are tricked and enslaved by their neighbors, the Bloats. The game depicts the Zoombinis' search for a new home, featuring a variety
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
Logical_Journey_of_the_Zoombinis
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English
English : habitational name for someone from Giffords Hall in Suffolk. It was originally named in Old English as Gyddingford ‘ford associated with Gydda’. Compare Giddens.English : possibly in some cases a variant spelling of Giffard, which may derive from an Old German personal name, Gifard, or from a Middle English nickname from Old French giffard ‘chubby-cheeked’, ‘bloated’ (a pejorative of giffel ‘jaw’, ‘cheek’, of Germanic origin).
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