info-dump

See also: infodump

English

Etymology

info +‎ dump

Noun

info-dump (plural info-dumps)

  1. (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 […]
  2. (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

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