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': | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "I'm not an expert". | |
| Definitions include: "benchmark". | |
| Definitions include: "please". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a shit". | |
| Definitions include: "application." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "just wondering". | |
| Definitions include: a programming language with strict, static typing. | |
| Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.) | |
| Definitions include: pronunciation of BFFL. | |
| Definitions include: legitimate software that is free to use, but displays advertising. | |
| Definitions include: on a social networking website, to remove someone from one's list of friends. | |
| Definitions include: a chronologically-ordered collection of articles, posted to the world-wide web, about any topic. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "thank you very much". | |
| Definitions include: the real world, as opposed to the "virtual" world of computers, also known as cyberspace. | |
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| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to wreck a vehicle such that repairs would cost more than the value of the (unwrecked) vehicle. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to injure or destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs. | |
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| Definitions include: to have sex. | |
| Definitions include: to break, to fail. | |
| Definitions include: very cold. | |
| Definitions include: to break, to fail. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
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| Definitions include: interjection suggesting speed. | |
| Definitions include: phonetic abbreviation for "What the Fuck?" | |
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| Definitions include: okay. | |
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| Definitions include: a form of chat writing in which letters are replaced with similar-looking numbers and punctuation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely good tasting. |
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