Bloat

Bloat may refer to:

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Biology and medicine

Bloat (canine) (gastric dilatation volvulus), an overstretched and rotated stomach in dogs
Bloat (ruminant) (ruminal tympany), an excessive volume of gas in ruminants
Bloating, an abnormal swelling or enlargement of the abdomen
Gas bloat syndrome, a complication of Nissen fundoplication surgery

Computing

Code bloat, computer code that is unnecessarily long, slow, or wasteful of resources
Software bloat, uncontrolled and damaging growth of a software system through successive versions

Other uses

Bloat (Wild Cards), a character in the Wild Cards book series
Bloat, a pufferfish and the character in the Finding Nemo franchise

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