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3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heavyweight adj : heaviest in a category or of a heavyweight category (175+ lbs for boxers); "a heavyweight boxer" n 1: a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds 2: a boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds 3: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: {giant}, {hulk}, {whale}] 4: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: {colossus}, {behemoth}, {giant}, {titan}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: heavyweight adj [common] High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive; featureful but costly. Esp. used of communication protocols, language designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane considerations such as speed, memory utilization, and startup time. {EMACS} is a heavyweight editor; {X} is an _extremely_ heavyweight window system. This term isn't pejorative, but one hacker's heavyweight is another's {elephantine} and a third's {monstrosity}. Oppose `lightweight'. Usage: now borders on techspeak especially in the compound `heavyweight process'. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: heavyweight High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive; featureful but costly. Especially used of communication protocols, language designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane considerations such as speed, memory use and startup time. {Emacs} is a heavyweight editor; {X} is an *extremely* heavyweight window system. This term isn't pejorative, but one hacker's heavyweight is another's {elephantine} and a third's monstrosity. Opposite: "lightweight". Usage: now borders on technical especially in the compound "heavyweight process". (1994-12-22)
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