enhancement n.
Common marketroid-speak for a bug
fix. This abuse of language is a popular and time-tested way
to turn incompetence into increased revenue. A hacker being ironic
would instead call the fix a feature -- or perhaps save some
effort by declaring the bug itself to be a feature.
Common marketroid-speak for a bug
fix. This abuse of language is a popular and time-tested way
to turn incompetence into increased revenue. A hacker being ironic
would instead call the fix a feature -- or perhaps save some
effort by declaring the bug itself to be a feature.
Related:
- enhancement: n. {Marketroid}-speak for a bug {fix}.
This abuse of language is a popular and time-tested... - It's not a bug, it's not a feature,
it's an ENHANCEMENT... - feature n.
1. [common] A good property or behavior (as
of a program).
Whether it was intended or not is immaterial. 2... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - Bug? That's not a bug, that's a feature.
--
T. John... - workaround: n. 1. A temporary {kluge} used to bypass,
mask, or otherwise avoid a {bug} or {misfeature}... - Add a feature...
Add a bug..... - That's not a bug!
it's a Free Enhanced Feature... - That's not a bug!
it's an undocumented feature...
From the same category:
- fudge factor n.
[common] A value or parameter that is
varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result.
The terms `tolerance' and slop are also used, though... - crayola /kray-oh'l*/ n.
A super-mini or -micro computer
that provides some reasonable percentage of supercomputer
performance for an unreasonably low price.
Might also be a killer micro... - fortune cookie n.
[WAITS, via Unix; common] A random
quote,
item of trivia, joke, or maxim printed to the user's... - raw mode n.
A mode that allows a program to transfer
bits directly to or from an I/O device (or,
under bogus operating systems that make a distinction... - beanie key n.
[Mac users] See command key...
