May 15, 2003

dumbed down

adj.

Simplified, with a strong connotation of oversimplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:49 AM

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