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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>showstopper</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="shovelware.html" title="shovelware"/><link rel="next" href="shriek.html" title="shriek"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">showstopper</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="shovelware.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="shriek.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="showstopper"/><dt xmlns="" id="showstopper"><b>showstopper</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation
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effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before
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development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original
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theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly
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