Found 4 hits - Term: show-stopper, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : WordNet (r) 2.0
show-stopper
n 1: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be
delayed until the audience quiets down syn: showstopper,
stopper
2: something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular
appeal; "she has a show-stopper of a smile"; "the
brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a
showstopper" syn: showstopper
see also:
showstopper stopper
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
showstopper
n 1: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be
delayed until the audience quiets down syn: show-stopper,
stopper
2: something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular
appeal; "she has a show-stopper of a smile"; "the
brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a
showstopper" syn: show-stopper
see also:
show-stopper stopper
- [3] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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_.
- [4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
showstopper
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.
jargon file
1995-01-31
see also:
bug jargon file
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