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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dumbed down</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dumbass-attack.html" title="dumbass attack"/><link rel="next" href="dump.html" title="dump"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dumbed down</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dumbass-attack.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dump.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dumbed-down"/><dt xmlns="" id="dumbed-down"><b>dumbed down</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Simplified, with a strong connotation of
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<span class="emphasis"><em>over</em></span>simplified. Often, a
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<a href="../M/marketroid.html"><i class="glossterm">marketroid</i></a> will insist that the interfaces and
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documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned
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untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction.
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