info-dump
See also: infodump
English
Etymology
info + dump
Noun
info-dump (plural info-dumps)
- (chiefly computing) A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
- 1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns
- Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […]
- 1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns
- (authorship) A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious or dull expository information through the voice of the narrator.
- Synonym: expository lump
See also
- copypasta
- core dump
- screen dump
- wall of text