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2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
highly
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adv. [scientific computation] The preferred modifier for overstating an
understatement. As in: highly nonoptimal , the worst possible way to do
something; highly nontrivial , either impossible or requiring a major
research project; highly nonlinear , completely erratic and unpredictable;
highly nontechnical , drivel written for luser s, oversimplified to the
point of being misleading or incorrect (compare drool-proof paper ). In
other computing cultures, postfixing of in the extreme might be preferred.