Talk:Overhead (computing)
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Difficult to understand
editI had trouble understanding this article. I can see that this is a work in progress. I honestly think that everything is explained too quickly and in a way that only really advanced people can understand. I don't want to offend anyone, because I'm sure it's a pretty good article as is. I am just wondering if it could be dumbed down a tad in some spots for the people that would be benefited most by this article--those that have no prior experience with computational overhead and similar articles. Thanks a bunch and good luck! 98.202.38.225 (talk) 02:54, 1 August 2009 (UTC) it is written by laisenbi on 5.13 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.77.130.11 (talk) 09:26, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
- "in a way that only really advanced people can understand" - I completely agree. Admitted, I am a biologist, but in my opinion, Wikipedia's biological articles, in which terminology is explained, usually take on more profound and comprehensible, indeed "dumbed down" forms. Aleneen (talk) 19:14, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
- I don't think dumbed down is a good goal. We should strive for consumable, understandable, and engaging. Consider Neil deGrasse Tyson. He (and others) explains the most complicated aspects of Physics to the layperson. I don't think he dumbs it down. That said, many (many!) computer-related articles here are poorly written. There's room for improvement. Stevebroshar (talk) 20:55, 29 August 2025 (UTC)
Merge into engineering
editI think this article should be merged into Overhead (engineering). There's nothing all that special about overhead in computing that doesn't apply to all of engineering. Stevebroshar (talk) 21:00, 29 August 2025 (UTC)
- Overhead (engineering) is 49 words. This article is 677. Merging would create a lopsided article. ~Kvng (talk) 00:24, 4 September 2025 (UTC)