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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| Definitions include: acronym of "as far as I know." | |
| Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity. | |
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| Definitions include: A synonym of "swap in". | |
| Definitions include: shareware that uses guilt to encourage users to pay the "registration" cost. | |
| Definitions include: "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman. | |
| Definitions include: a piece of computer hardware or software combining the best qualities of that type of hardware or software. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.) | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I love you so fucking much". | |
| Definitions include: a website with little or no content, consisting of mostly (or entirely) links to other websites. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in other words". | |
| Definitions include: "Oh my fucking God." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "holy fucking shit". | |
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Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy': | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to cause a mechanism to stop functioning, or function more slowly. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to break, to fail. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to injure or destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to break, to fail. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: high-grade marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex. | |
| Definitions include: stiff, sore. | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.) | |
| Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs. | |
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| Definitions include: replacement swear word. | |
| Definitions include: very neat; "cool"; "spiffy". | |
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| Definitions include: to defecate. |
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