Define Trivial Meaning

A term misused by neckbeard IT people as a synonym for 'simple'.

There are at least two usages of "trivial". One is to describe answers, and the other is to describe questions/tasks.

Answers: A trivial answer is something which is either immediately self-evident or which conveys no information.

Questions/Tasks: A trivial question can perhaps be defined as something for which either the answer or the method of finding the answer is known by the person asked the question.

used in mathematics to mean "this is obvious, so I won't waste space writing up the proof here."

Trivialities are all the not very important things in life that we are put through to question in our life. But when it all comes down to it, they don't really matter.

A tier 4 player that got an ego after joining Arma. Only past-facs are Honor, Toronto, and Arma. Thinks they're good at prac, and will fold anyone in a game of Minesweeper or BTD Battles.

Someone who acts irresponsibly or with stupidity.

Trivial Matters: Things in life that have almost no value. A lot of people care too much about these things and some use these matters against others to boost their self esteem.

Non-Trivial is sometimes used by engineers / scientist to (jokingly?) describe the extremely difficult problems that they are faced with.

Feeding bad information or faulty logic to the opposing team when playing Trivial Pursuit in an effort to steer the team toward the wrong answer. Especially effective when done under the guise of lending a helpful hand.

A wicked board game of question and answer. Now comes in 1st edition and Twentieth Century Edition