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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>baroque</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="barney.html" title="barney"/><link rel="next" href="BASIC.html" title="BASIC"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">baroque</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="barney.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BASIC.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="baroque"/><dt xmlns="" id="baroque"><b>baroque</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive.
Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the
connotations of <a href="../E/elephantine.html"><i class="glossterm">elephantine</i></a> or
<a href="../M/monstrosity.html"><i class="glossterm">monstrosity</i></a> but is less extreme and not pejorative
in itself. In the absence of other, more negative descriptions this term
suggests that the software is trembling on the edge of bad taste but has
not quite tipped over into it. &#8220;<span class="quote">Metafont even has features to
introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now
<span class="emphasis"><em>that</em></span> is baroque!</span>&#8221; See also
<a href="../R/rococo.html"><i class="glossterm">rococo</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="barney.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BASIC.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">barney </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BASIC</td></tr></table></div></body></html>