:creeping featuritis: /kree'ping fee'-chr-i:`t*s/ n. Variant of
{creeping featurism}, with its own spoonerization: `feeping
creaturitis'. Some people like to reserve this form for the
disease as it actually manifests in software or hardware, as
opposed to the lurking general tendency in designers' minds.
(After all, -ism means `condition' or `pursuit of', whereas
-- itis usually means `inflammation of'.)
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{creeping featurism}, with its own spoonerization: `feeping
creaturitis'. Some people like to reserve this form for the
disease as it actually manifests in software or hardware, as
opposed to the lurking general tendency in designers' minds.
(After all, -ism means `condition' or `pursuit of', whereas
-- itis usually means `inflammation of'.)
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- creeping featuritis /kree'ping fee'-chr-i:`t*s/ n.
Variant of creeping featurism,
with its own spoonerization: `feeping creaturitis'... - creeping featurism: /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n. 1. Describes a
systematic tendency to load more {chrome} and {feature}s onto
systems at the expense of whatever elegance they may have possessed
when originally designed.
See also {feeping creaturism}. "You know, the main... - feeping creaturism: /fee'ping kree`ch*r-izm/ n. A deliberate
spoonerism for {creeping featurism},
meant to imply that the system or program in question... - creeping featurism /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n.
[common] 1.
Describes a systematic tendency to load more chrome... - software bloat: n. The results of {second-system effect} or
{creeping featuritis}.
Commonly cited examples include `ls(1)', {X}, {BSD}... - creeping elegance: n. Describes a tendency for parts of a design
to become {elegant} past the point of diminishing return,
something which often happens at the expense of the... - critical mass: n. In physics, the minimum amount of fissionable
material required to sustain a chain reaction.
Of a software product, describes a condition of... - feeping creaturism /fee'ping kree`ch*r-izm/ n.
A
deliberate spoonerism for creeping featurism,
meant to imply that the system or program in question... - feature creature: [poss. fr. slang `creature feature' for a
horror movie] n.
1. One who loves to add features to designs or programs...
