The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BLOATWARE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Extraneous computer programs that slow down a system crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLOATWARE | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Extraneous computer programs that slow down a system
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shell
- hang
- press
- core
- software
- brake
- field
- flied
- package
- hack
- crash
- batch processing
Crossword Answer definitions
BLOATWARE noun- Software that is packed with too many features and therefore slow or unwieldy; software that is inefficiently designed and occupies an excessive amount of memory or disk space.
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