Infodumping

Infodumping is the action of supplying a large (typically excessive or unwieldy) amount of information at once. The term was first used in 1978 in the Proceedings of the Southeastcon Region 3 Conference 353.

Over time, the term was adopted in the context of literature (particularly within science fiction) as well as by the autistic community. In the latter, "infodumping" is understood as one element of autistic expression, particularly as it relates to their topics of interest.

References

1. Special interest (autism)
2. Exposition (narrative)
3. Foundryside
4. Late talker
5. Pablo (TV series)
6. Starship Troopers
7. Dark Integers and Other Stories
8. MetaFilter
9. Xia Jia
10. Luminous (short story)
11. RWBY: Ice Queendom
12. One Son
13. Mass Effect: Revelation
14. Six Wakes
15. What They Died For
16. Dark Integers
17. Sense of wonder
18. The Clockwork Rocket
19. Liaden universe
20. Sword of the Lamb