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'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=Oxford English Dictionary |date=July 2023 |title=Info-dump, N. |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3631480232 |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 5, 2024 |website=Oxford English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford UP |doi=10.1093/OED/3631480232 |language=en}}</ref>
Over time, the term was adopted in the [[Exposition (narrative)|context of literature]] (particularly within [[science fiction]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=infodump |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105132667 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}</ref>) as well as by the [[Autism|autistic]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glossary |url=https://reframingautism.org.au/service/glossary-terms/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Reframing Autism |language=en-AU}}</ref> In the latter, "infodumping" is understood as one element of autistic expression, particularly as it relates to their [[Special interest (autism)|topics of interest]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nelson |first=Jennifer |date=2022-05-25 |title=An Analysis of Self-published Novels by Autistic Authors as a Form of Advocacy |url=https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/ought/vol3/iss2/5 |journal=Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture |volume=3 |issue=2 |doi=10.9707/2833-1508.1090 |issn=2833-1508|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Farahar |first=Chloe |title=The Routledge international handbook of critical autism studies |date=2023 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-05657-7 |editor-last=Milton |editor-first=Damian |edition=1 |series=Routledge international handbooks |location=London New York, NY |publication-date=2022 |language=en |chapter=Autistic identity, culture, community, and space for well-being |editor-last2=Ryan |editor-first2=Sara}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cola |first1=Meredith |last2=Zampella |first2=Casey J. |last3=Yankowitz |first3=Lisa D. |last4=Plate |first4=Samantha |last5=Petrulla |first5=Victoria |last6=Tena |first6=Kimberly |last7=Russell |first7=Alison |last8=Pandey |first8=Juhi |last9=Schultz |first9=Robert T. |last10=Parish-Morris |first10=Julia |date=2022 |title=Conversational adaptation in children and teens with autism: Differences in talkativeness across contexts |journal=Autism Research |language=en |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=1090–1108 |doi=10.1002/aur.2693 |issn=1939-3792 |pmc=9167260 |pmid=35199482}}</ref> Infodumping is also associated with [[attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]]
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