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workaround
[ wurk-uh-round ]
noun
- Computers. a strategy or technique used to overcome a defect or other problem in a program or system:
This is a known bug in version 1.5, but a workaround is available.
- any method used to overcome a technical problem, especially a problem that could prevent success:
The astronauts needed a workaround to bypass the faulty cable.
workaround
/ ˈɜːəˌʊԻ /
noun
- a method of circumventing or overcoming a problem in a computer program or system
Word History and Origins
Origin of workaround1
Example Sentences
It won’t just be China, Russia, and Iran trying to build workarounds to U.S. power — it will also be Europe, Japan, and other long-time partners.
Don’t TV shows find workarounds for popular characters?
She has also found a love for batch cooking nutritious meals which she posts about on all of her channels on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and the workarounds she has developed as a blind cook.
The Guardian reported that “The DHS’s announcement was widely seen as a workaround of the Posse Comitatus Act, a federal law that bars U.S. military troops from participating in most civilian law enforcement actions.”
But there are workarounds to that problem, and Free Our Feeds and Social Web Foundation are also working on ways to aggregate sites that use different tech.
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