What (who) is second-system effect - definition
second-system effect
(Sometimes, more euphoniously, "second-system syndrome") When
one is designing the successor to a relatively small, elegant,
and successful system, there is a tendency to become grandiose
in one's success and design an elephantine feature-laden
monstrosity. The term was first used by Fred Brooks in his
classic "The Mythical Man-Month. It described the jump from
a set of nice, simple operating systems on the IBM 70xx
series to OS/360 on the 360 series. A similar effect can
also happen in an evolving system; see Brooks's Law,
creeping elegance, creeping featurism. See also
Multics, OS/2, X, software bloat.
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Second-system effect
The second-system effect or second-system syndrome is the tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems to be succeeded by over-engineered, bloated systems, due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.
Foot–pound–second system
SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT
Foot-pound-second; FPS system; British Gravitational System; Absolute English System; Foot-pound-second system; Foot-pound-second system of units; Foot pound second system of units; Foot–pound–second; Foot–pound–second system of units; Foot pound second system; Foot pound second unit; Foot–pound–second unit; Foot-pound-second unit; Foot pound second; FPS (system of units); FPS unit; FPS units; FPS system of units; Stroud system; British Engineering System; Absolute English
The foot–pound–second system or FPS system is a system of units built on three fundamental units: the foot for length, the (avoirdupois) pound for either mass or force (see below), and the second for time..
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Second-system effect
The second-system effect or second-system syndrome is the tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems to be succeeded by over-engineered, bloated systems, due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.
