What is Bloatware?

Sadly, bloatware is commonplace. It is when a software product provides minimal functionality while consuming a disproportionately large portion of your hard disk space and memory. This extra space is often used by frivolous or unwanted extra features that seemed useful to the programmers, but users themselves don't care for them. So why do programmers cram unwanted features into their products? Our Web Trends author explains bloatware here... (photo by Stone / Getty Images)