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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nonlinear</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="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="non-optimal-solution.html" title="non-optimal solution"/><link rel="next" href="nontrivial.html" title="nontrivial"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nonlinear</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="non-optimal-solution.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nontrivial.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nonlinear"/><dt xmlns="" id="nonlinear"><b>nonlinear</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [scientific computation] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Behaving in an erratic and unpredictable fashion; unstable. When
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used to describe the behavior of a machine or program, it suggests that
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said machine or program is being forced to run far outside of design
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specifications. This behavior may be induced by unreasonable inputs, or
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may be triggered when a more mundane bug sends the computation far off from
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its expected course. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. When describing the behavior of a person, suggests a tantrum or a
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<a href="../F/flame.html"><i class="glossterm">flame</i></a>. “<span class="quote">When you talk to Bob, don't mention
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the drug problem or he'll go nonlinear for hours.</span>” In this context,
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<span class="firstterm">go nonlinear</span> connotes ‘blow up
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out of proportion’ (proportion connotes linearity).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="non-optimal-solution.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nontrivial.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">non-optimal solution </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> nontrivial</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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