WORKAROUND

Domain	Definition
Computing	Workaround n. 1. A temporary kluge used to bypass, mask, or otherwise avoid a bug or misfeature in some system. Theoretically, workarounds are always replaced by fixes; in practice, customers often find themselves living with workarounds for long periods of time. "The code died on NUL characters in the input, so I fixed it to interpret them as spaces." "That's not a fix, that's a workaround!" 2. A procedure to be employed by the user in order to do what some currently non-working feature should do. Hypothetical example: "Using META-F7 crashes the 4.43 build of Weemax, but as a workaround you can type CTRL-R, then SHIFT-F5, and delete the remaining cruft by hand.". Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Workaround

A Workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem in a system. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a geniune solution to the problem is needed. Frequently workarounds are as creative as true solutions, involving out-of-the-box thinking in their creation.

A workaround is not a permanent solution. Typically they are considered brittle in that they will not respond well to further pressure from a system beyond the original design. In implementing a workaround it is important to flag the change so as to later implement a proper solution.

Placing pressure on a workaround may result in later failures in the system. For example, in computer programming workarounds are often used to address a problem in a library, such as an incorrect return value. When the library is changed, the workaround may break the overall program functionality, since it may expect the older, wrong behaviour from the library.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: WORKAROUND

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Modern Translation: WORKAROUND

Language		Translations for "WORKAROUND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		omgåelse (envelopment). (various references)

Dutch		programma-omleiding. (various references)

Finnish		hätäratkaisu. (various references)

French		contournement. (various references)

German		Workaround. (various references)

Greek		παράκαμψη (by-passing, circumvention, detour). (various references)

Pig Latin		orkaroundway

Portuguese		contornar (contour, outline). (various references)

Spanish		workaround. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: WORKAROUND

Derivations
	Words beginning with "WORKAROUND": workarounds. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"WORKAROUND" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: workarround, wosrkaround. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: WORKAROUND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-k-n-o-o-r-r-u-w"
	-2 letters: roadwork.
	-4 letters: ardour, around, karroo, koruna, kronor, kronur, narrow, onward, undraw.
	-5 letters: adorn, adown, ardor, arrow, donor, doura, drank, drawn, drouk, drown, drunk, durra, karoo, knaur, korun, krona, kroon, odour, radon, rondo, round, rowan, wound.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-k-n-o-o-r-r-u-w"
	+1 letter: workarounds.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
workaround	3
4.11 netware printing workaround	3
activation workaround xp	2
partial specialization template workaround	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

WORKAROUND

Specialty Definition: WORKAROUND

Computing

Specialty Definition: Workaround

Crosswords: WORKAROUND

Frequency of Internet Keywords: WORKAROUND

workaround

4.11 netware printing workaround

activation workaround xp

partial specialization template workaround

Modern Translation: WORKAROUND

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Anagrams: WORKAROUND

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