• Software bloat is a process whereby successive versions of a computer program become perceptibly slower, use more memory, disk space or processing power...
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    Interface bloat is a phenomenon in software design where an interface incorporates too many (often unnecessary) operations or elements, causing issues...
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    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...
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  • higher than XP. Concerns were expressed that Windows Vista may contain software bloat. Speaking in 2007 at the University of Illinois, Microsoft distinguished...
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  • Muntzing Polymorphism (computer science) Software optimization Software bloat Lightweight software "Code bloat". DocForge. Archived from the original on...
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  • 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...
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  • between copies Software bloat – Situation of degraded computer performance Software brittleness – Description of how difficult software is to modify SOLID –...
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  • Code bloat, computer code that is unnecessarily long, slow, or wasteful of resources Software bloat, uncontrolled and damaging growth of a software system...
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    To achieve this, the software should avoid software bloat and code bloat and try to find the best algorithm efficiency. Software optimization Application...
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    directly. The most common criticism of Electron is that it necessitates software bloat when used for simple programs. As a result, Michael Larabel has referred...
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    considered a negative attribute. The terms feature creep, software bloat, and featuritis refer to software that is overly feature-rich. This type of excessive...
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    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...
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  • engineering can remove inefficiencies in programs, known as software bloat, arising from traditional software-development strategies that aim to minimize an application's...
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    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...
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    for a shipped replacement. AI slop – Low-quality AI-generated content Software bloat Dead-code elimination, the automatic removal of unnecessary code by...
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  • have associative methods leads some skeptics to associate OOP with software bloat; an attempt to resolve this dilemma came through polymorphism. Although...
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  • Feature creep (category Software features)
    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...
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    systemd contend that it suffers from mission creep and bloat, the latter affecting other software (such as the GNOME desktop), adding dependencies on systemd...
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  • Instruction creep Mission creep The Mythical Man-Month Second-system effect Software bloat Lewis, James (2002). Fundamentals of Project Management (Second ed.)...
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    reduce the amount of "Software bloat" it bundles with its Windows 10 devices, promising to only include Lenovo software, security software, drivers, and "certain...
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  • offer more than they should (Software bloat). Content might differ significantly in different countries. Overreliance on software, which may hinder the development...
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  • Shovelware (category Software distribution)
    several products as one Software bloat – Situation of degraded computer performance Unwanted software bundling – Computer software which can be perceived...
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    expert Bruce Schneier, who had previously praised the software. Schneier stated that this would bloat the client and attract unwanted attention from the...
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  • holiday Price discrimination Product lining Product management Shovelware Software bloat Tying (commerce) Vaccine bundling Adams, W.; Yellen, J. (August 1976)...
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  • (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...
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    making overt. Conversely, McIlroy has criticized modern Linux as having software bloat, remarking that, "adoring admirers have fed Linux goodies to a disheartening...
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  • several programs creates software bloat and complicates the deployment of security fixes or newer versions of dependent software. The DLL overwriting problem...
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  • focused on predicting the life times Repairability Right to repair Software bloat – successive versions of a computer program requiring ever more computing...
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  • languages Software developer Software engineer Consulting software engineer Computer programmer Software publisher Web developer Shovelware Software bloat Software...
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  • Frameworks often add to the size of programs, a phenomenon termed "code bloat". Due to customer-demand-driven applications needs, both competing and complementary...
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