:baroque: adj. Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on
excessive. Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has
many of the connotations of {elephantine} or {monstrosity} but is
less extreme and not pejorative in itself. "Metafont even has
features to introduce random variations to its letterform output.
Now *that* is baroque!" See also {rococo}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
excessive. Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has
many of the connotations of {elephantine} or {monstrosity} but is
less extreme and not pejorative in itself. "Metafont even has
features to introduce random variations to its letterform output.
Now *that* is baroque!" See also {rococo}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- baroque adj.
[common] Feature-encrusted; complex;
gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (esp... - rococo: adj. {Baroque} in the extreme. Used to imply that a
program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of
gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the
underlying design.
Called after the later and more extreme forms of... - elephantine: adj. Used of programs or systems that are both
conspicuous {hog}s (owing perhaps to poor design founded on
{brute force and ignorance}) and exceedingly {hairy} in source
form.
An elephantine program may be functional and even friendly... - heavyweight: adj. High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive;
featureful, but costly. Esp. used of communication... - monstrosity: 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or
system,
esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional... - heavyweight adj.
[common] High-overhead; baroque;
code-intensive; featureful, but costly. Esp. used... - rococo adj.
Terminally baroque. Used to imply that a
program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of
gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the
underlying design.
Called after the later and more extreme forms of... - monstrosity
1. n. A ridiculously elephantine program
or system,
esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional... - elephantine adj.
Used of programs or systems that are both
conspicuous hogs (owing perhaps to poor design founded on
brute force and ignorance) and exceedingly hairy
monstrosity.
See also second-system effect and baroque...
From the same category:
- If you don't understand UNIX,
think of it as an enema... - PLEASE USE
OTHER DOOR... - License plates:
(Some should be seen through rear view mirrors!) IB6UB9... - Chemists do it periodically on
table... - Modern society:
The lowest common denominator...
