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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
* Clutter is the state in which excess items, or their representation or organization, lead to a degradation of performance at some task. [1] | |||
* Clutter may refer to any of the following: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter ''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter''] | |||
* A confusing or disorderly state or collection; or the creation thereof. Excessive, unnecessary or uncontrolled clutter in a home or office is a sign of compulsive hoarding. | |||
* Cluttering, a communication disorder | |||
* The Clutter family, whose murder was documented in the Truman Capote "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood | |||
* A type of light pollution | |||
* Unwanted echoes in electronic systems, particularly in refference to radars. Such echoes are typically returned from ground, sea, rain, animals, chaff and atmospheric turbulences. | |||
* The jumble of odd posts placed in the first Top Level Post of a User Friendly member's diary by the Cluttersquad | |||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 23 October 2005
Definition
- Clutter is the state in which excess items, or their representation or organization, lead to a degradation of performance at some task. [1]
- Clutter may refer to any of the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter
* A confusing or disorderly state or collection; or the creation thereof. Excessive, unnecessary or uncontrolled clutter in a home or office is a sign of compulsive hoarding. * Cluttering, a communication disorder * The Clutter family, whose murder was documented in the Truman Capote "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood * A type of light pollution * Unwanted echoes in electronic systems, particularly in refference to radars. Such echoes are typically returned from ground, sea, rain, animals, chaff and atmospheric turbulences. * The jumble of odd posts placed in the first Top Level Post of a User Friendly member's diary by the Cluttersquad