verbosity
- noun
- /vərˈbɑːsɪti/
- Specialized
- The new C# 3.0 is closer to Ruby in verbosity and is a complete language (you can write DX games, use pointers, create Windows applications, and use performant math libraries).
Examples
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Adjusting the verbosity of the program's output can help developers see more relevant information during debugging.
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This was in part due to the infighting between the standard library camps who had failed to learn from the mistakes of the Java class library and were busily adding bloat and verbosity to Phobos and Tango.
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Okay, type things have some verbosity, but C# 3.0 and F#, while still static, have very aggressive type inference mechanisms.
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I'm probably going to post using my smartphone (an LG Ally, more on that later), which doesn't allow for verbosity.
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Controlling the verbosity of logging is important, especially in the event of spikes or potential adversarial behavior, to manage overhead and facilitate analysis.
Academic text (2012) -
The software allows users to change the verbosity settings to show detailed logs or minimal messages.
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Reducing the verbosity of error messages can streamline the logging process and make it easier to identify critical issues.
Synonyms
The amount of detail used to record or show information
Using more words than needed so speech or writing is hard to follow
A computer program sending many small messages that slow the system
Antonyms
How Detailed
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Verbosity comes from the Latin verbum 'word' and the idea of verbose 'full of words', so in computing it is a setting that controls how many words or how much detail a program shows in its messages.