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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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| Definitions include: the general appearance of software or a website. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself." | |
| Definitions include: a test of a new, repaired, or modified piece of electronic equipment whereby power is turned on, and people nearby look for smoke. | |
| Definitions include: "serious". | |
| Definitions include: in computing, an example or placeholder variable. | |
| Definitions include: shareware that uses guilt to encourage users to pay the "registration" cost. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical area that contains the underlying implementation of something - e.g. a piece of hardware, a piece of software, an idea, etc. | |
| Definitions include: "thanks". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a shit". | |
| Definitions include: features added to something to make it nicer, but which don't affect the core functionality. | |
| Definitions include: "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: "your". | |
| Definitions include: "okay, thanks, 'bye". | |
| 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. | |
| Definitions include: a post to a discussion forum that is intended to incite flames. | |
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| Definitions include: to have no visible buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: something that is currently popular. | |
| Definitions include: a middle-aged woman who seeks out much younger men for romance or physical intimacy. | |
| Definitions include: this a James Brown classic. | |
| Definitions include: "horny." | |
| Definitions include: literal translation: prone to stabbing. | |
| Definitions include: to be competent. |
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