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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>creeping elegance</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="creep.html" title="creep"/><link rel="next" href="creeping-featurism.html" title="creeping featurism"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">creeping elegance</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="creep.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="creeping-featurism.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="creeping-elegance"/><dt xmlns="" id="creeping-elegance"><b>creeping elegance</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Describes a tendency for parts of a design to become
<a href="../E/elegant.html"><i class="glossterm">elegant</i></a> past the point of diminishing return,
something which often happens at the expense of the less interesting parts
of the design, the schedule, and other things deemed important in the
<a href="../R/Real-World.html"><i class="glossterm">Real World</i></a>. See also
<a href="creeping-featurism.html"><i class="glossterm">creeping featurism</i></a>, <a href="../S/second-system-effect.html"><i class="glossterm">second-system effect</i></a>,
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