I thought about trying to clarify this, but "power law" is the term that's been thrown around to describe this effect in software systems for many years. Really

I thought about trying to clarify this, but "power law" is the term that's been thrown around to describe this effect in software systems for many years. Really, I only care about the fat-one-sided-ness (for its practical implications); I don't care so much about the precise mathematical formulation.