May 15, 2003

showstopper

n.

A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly good.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:30 AM

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