Extraneous Computer Programs That Slow Down A System Crossword Clue

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	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.
	33%	15		Programs that enable the computer hardware to communicate and interact with the computer system
	noun • a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer
	32%	9		Extraneous
	adjective • relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis • lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms

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	Clue	Source
1	Computer program that fixes other computer programs New York Times - 22 May 2024	New York Times / 22 May 2024
2	Extraneous New York Times - 27 Mar 1993	New York Times / 27 Mar 1993
3	Extraneous variation on theme included in otherwise bare disk The Guardian Cryptic - 29 Jun 2011	The Guardian Cryptic / 29 Jun 2011
4	Feminist principles, did you say, in government rather extraneous, extremely rare The Guardian Cryptic - 25 Mar 2015	The Guardian Cryptic / 25 Mar 2015
5	Hardly extraneous New York Times - 18 May 2000	New York Times / 18 May 2000
6	Programs that enable the computer hardware to communicate and interact with the computer system
7	System where parts of the operating system or programs are stored on disk, allowing more programs and data to be stored in accessible memory.

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