Definition of 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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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
STFW	Definitions include: acronym for "search the fucking web".
copy-pasta	Definitions include: something repeatedly posted on an internet-based discussion forum.
spyware	Definitions include: software that lets third parties monitor a user's activities and personal data.
HTH	Definitions include: acronym for "hope this helps".
loot	Definitions include: money.
GOTY	Definitions include: acronym for "Game of the Year".
SMH	Definitions include: acronym for "shaking my head".
Slashdot	Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it.
bbygrl	Definitions include: "babygirl", i.e. girlfriend.
not ready for prime time	Definitions include: not ready for widespread use, viewing, distribution, consumption, etc.
WTMI	Definitions include: acronym for "way TMI", i.e. "way too much information".
give af	Definitions include: "give a fuck".
rule 34	Definitions include: a "rule" of the internet stating that for any conceivable thing or situation, pornography has been created that depicts it.
MYOB	Definitions include: acronym for "mind your own business."
crash	Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony.
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Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy':
hork	Definitions include: to steal.
total	Definitions include: to wreck a vehicle such that repairs would cost more than the value of the (unwrecked) vehicle.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
take out	Definitions include: to injure or destroy.
fry	Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
blow up	Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
nerf	Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
scrog	Definitions include: to have sex.
go caput	Definitions include: to break, to fail.
brick	Definitions include: very cold.
go kaput	Definitions include: to break, to fail.
hose	Definitions include: to lie to.
Slashdot	Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it.
barf	Definitions include: to vomit.
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Slang terms with the same root words

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cad	Definitions include: a contemptible man.
curveball	Definitions include: something unexpected.
SOHO	Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office".
Toner	Definitions include: A person that works out to much.
small beer	Definitions include: a trifling matter.
subsub	Definitions include: "you better shut up, bitch (boy, brah, bastard)!"
have the gift of gab	Definitions include: skilled in conversation.
backronym	Definitions include: a word that has come to be an acronym (or is viewed by some as an acronym) when it was not originally an acronym.
road trip	Definitions include: a trip taken in a motor vehicle.
fixings	Definitions include: a food item, especially a side dish.

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