Showstopper

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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_.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)