info-dump

See also: infodump

English

Etymology

info +‎ dump

Noun

info-dump (plural info-dumps)

1. (chiefly computing) A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
   • 1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns:

     Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […]

2. (authorship) A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.

   Synonym: expository lump

See also

• copypasta
• core dump
• screen dump
• wall of text