Definitions for workaround
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1. workaroundnoun

   A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of laws, regulations, or constraints.

2. workaroundnoun

   A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows the user to continue working until a better solution can be provided; a kluge.

3. workaroundnoun

   An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.

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1. Workaround

   A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem or limitation in a system or policy. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine solution to the problem is needed. But workarounds are frequently as creative as true solutions, involving outside the box thinking in their creation. 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 system failures. For example, in computer programming workarounds are often used to address a problem or anti-pattern in a library, such as an incorrect return value. When the library is changed, the workaround may break the overall program functionality, effectively becoming an anti-pattern, since it may expect the older, wrong behaviour from the library. Workarounds can also be a useful source of ideas for improvement of products or services.

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1. Workaround

   A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem in a system. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine solution to the problem is needed. But workarounds are frequently as creative as true solutions, involving outside the box thinking in their creation. 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 system failures. For example, in computer programming workarounds are often used to address a problem or anti-pattern in a library, such as an incorrect return value. When the library is changed, the workaround may break the overall program functionality, effectively becoming an anti-pattern, since it may expect the older, wrong behaviour from the library. Workarounds can also be a useful source of ideas for improvement of products or services.

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1. workaround

   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.”

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of workaround in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of workaround in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of workaround in a Sentence

1. Mark Williams:

   In practice, because CIPS is limited to payments in [ yuan ], it is only currently used for transactions with China. Banks elsewhere are unlikely to turn to CIPS as a SWIFT workaround while Russia is an international pariah.

2. Rohitash Repswal:

   Whatever WhatsApp does, there's a workaround.

3. Senator Elizabeth Warren:

   Refusing to catalog paid political ads because the Bloomberg campaign found a workaround means there will be less transparency for the content he is paying to promote, mike Bloomberg cannot be allowed to buy an election with zero accountability.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Workaround
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workaround
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=workaround
4. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Workaround