Question

you stay up for days preloading the machine with an exhaustive, explicit definition of \cat.\
source: new york times
in the sentence above, explicit has the same or almost the same meaning as:
irritating
compassionate
juvenile
denotative

Explanation:

"Explicit" means clearly and directly expressed. "Denotative" refers to the direct, explicit meaning of a word (its dictionary - defined meaning). "Irritating" means annoying, "compassionate" means showing sympathy, and "juvenile" means related to youth.

Answer:

denotative