enhancement
1. A change to a product which is intended to make it better in some way, e.g.
new functions, faster, or occasionally more compatible with other systems.
Enhancements to hardware components, especially integrated circuits often mean
they are smaller and less demanding of resources. Sadly, this is almost never
true of software enhancements.
2. Marketroid-speak for a bug fix. This abuse of language is a popular and
time-tested way to turn incompetence into increased revenue. A hacker being
ironic would instead call the fix a feature, or perhaps save some effort by
declaring "That's not a bug, that's a feature!".
[Jargon File]
(1998-04-04)
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