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feature creep

excessive ongoing expansion or addition of new precluded features in a product, especially in computer software, video games and consumer and business electronics
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feature creep

Summary

feature creep is a phenomenon[1]. It draws 164 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #76 of 290).[2]

Key Facts

  • feature creep's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[3].
  • feature creep's subclass of is recorded as scope creep[4].
  • feature creep's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jr8d[5].
  • feature creep's has effect is recorded as software bloat[6].
  • feature creep's has effect is recorded as software feature[7].
  • feature creep's studied by is recorded as software development[8].
  • feature creep's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 72711613[9].

Why It Matters

feature creep draws 164 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #76 of 290).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

software development

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_feature-creep_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{feature creep}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/feature-creep}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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