| learning curve (From psychology) A graph of some measure of something learned against time or number of trials. In computing, it is often misused to mean the amount of time it takes to learn the usage of something ("reduce the learning curve") or the ease of learning it ("easy learning curve"). Even more incorrectly, the phrase "steep learning curve" is used to mean "hard to learn" whereas of course a steep curve would indicate rapid learning. (1998-03-24) |
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