Requiring real thought or significant computing power. Often used as
an understated way of saying that a problem is quite difficult or
impractical, or even entirely unsolvable ("Proving P=NP is
nontrivial"). The preferred emphatic form is decidedly nontrivial.
See {trivial}, {uninteresting}, {interesting}.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {trivial}{uninteresting}]