Definition of a showstopper

showstopper    

noun

• a bug that makes hardware or software unusable. For example, crashing on startup. "Showstopper" bugs certainly must be fixed before a product can be released, and often need to be fixed before development can proceed.
  
  Interestingly, in its original theatrical use, a "showstopper" is something that's amazingly good.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

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man in the boat, the	Definitions include: the clitoris.
flo	Definitions include: Record, music, the style of the music.
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