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':
IIR	Definitions include: acronym for "if I recall".
click-bait	Definitions include: of the title to an article or webpage, vague enough so that one has to click the title to learn what the destination is actually about.
KMT	Definitions include: acronym for "kiss my teeth".
defriend	Definitions include: on a social networking website, to remove someone from one's list of friends.
interweb	Definitions include: "internet."
DMIID	Definitions include: acronym for "don't mind if I do".
B4	Definitions include: before.
OP	Definitions include: acronym for "original poster" - i.e. the person to submit (post) something to a website that permits discussion about submitted things.
griefer	Definitions include: a person who causes others great distress for personal satisfaction, usually in computer games.
dogfood	Definitions include: to use one's employer's unreleased product during the course of one's day.
ASL	Definitions include: online chatting acronym for "age, sex, location?"
rickroll	Definitions include: alternate spelling of Rick roll.
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BRB	Definitions include: acronym for "Be right back", as in, "I will return soon."
bug	Definitions include: to pester or annoy.
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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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pop a cap	Definitions include: to shoot.
shoulda	Definitions include: "should have".
Easter egg	Definitions include: Speculation about the origin of the term includes the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the U.S. and many parts of Europe, as well Faberge' eggs containing hidden objects.
DC	Definitions include: "disconnect".
lit up	Definitions include: Lit up refers to the man lighting up his lights on a squad car, he lit them up.
burning platform	Definitions include: in business jargon, a major crisis.
POV	Definitions include: acronym for "point of view."
jakes	Definitions include: police
bobby bad *ss	Definitions include: A male who thinks they are much cooler than they really are and generally has a Calvin pissing on something sticker, no fear gear or even better fear this on the back of their vehicle - normally a Mustang, Camaro, Firebird, etc.
down to the wire	Definitions include: with very little time remaining.

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