English

Noun

cheeseware ‎(uncountable)

1. (computing, slang, pejorative) Exceptionally low-quality software.
   • 2000, "The New Computers in School", Strategic Finance, 1 September 2000:

     Perhaps most important, it has removed us even further from the "gee whiz!" mind-set that dominated our first reactions to computing--a frame of mind that made us so appreciative of the wondrous complexity of those putty-colored boxes that we became vulnerable to the half-baked, the beta, and even the well-marketed cheeseware.

   • 2002 January 3, John Capriotti, “Re: Walmart: Games in DVD cases??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Usenet:

     Many of the games they stock now are already in the mini-boxes, new titles not just cheeseware.

   • 2005 August 9, Phil Thompson, “Re: AOL Broadband”, in uk.telecom.broadband, Usenet:

     To run the AOL cheeseware on more than one machine at once (why, FFS, I have no idea) you need more "screen names" whatever they may be.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:cheeseware.

Synonyms

• coasterware, crapware, crudware, shitware (vulgar)