showstopper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: showstopper	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for showstopper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
showstopper n an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down Synonym(s): show- stopper, showstopper, stopper 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" Synonym(s): show-stopper, showstopper
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [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 (15Feb98) [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)