Definition of workaround

workaround    

noun

• a method of accomplishing something that is otherwise prevented due to a bug.

  Clicking "Verify archive" directly crashes the program, but you can use the keyboard shortcut as a workaround.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

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

• a "fix" for a bug that actually just hides it.

  Person A: The webserver dies when serving pages to Linux clients, so I fixed it by making it pretend that they're Windows clients.
  
  Person B: That's not a fix, that's a workaround.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

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

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