Applications that a computer manufacturer adds to their system on top of Microsoft's Operating System. Not only annoying, redundant and generally useless, they also contribute to Windows' fragile instability.
First seen on Slashdot on 1/12/07
I just powered up my brand new Dell laptop, and after 10 minutes of loading all of their little craplets, the battery caught on fire, and then Windows crashed.
When a a person puts chips, preferably ruffles, in the cavity about to be penetrated and eats the broken pieces afterwards.
Guy:O man that was the best sex ever.
Girl: Your dick is bleeding from the chiplets.
Guy: Its just tabasco added to the ranch thats already on them.
Girl: Thats disgusting.
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the gamealive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because idstill sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.