Requiring real thought or significant computing power. Often
used as an understated way of saying that a problem is quite
difficult or impractical, or even entirely unsolvable
("Proving P=NP is nontrivial"). The preferred emphatic form
is "decidedly nontrivial".
See uninteresting, interesting.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-21)
Nearby terms:
non parity « non-polynomial « Non Return to Zero Inverted « nontrivial » Non-Uniform Memory Access » non-uniform quantising logarithmic compression » Non-Uniform Rational B Spline
