Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaking change

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: break-ing change
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code used by multiple applications.

Example Sentences

"Not possible to fix old entries without a breaking change, so remap old to new in import lib."

Inflected Forms

breaking changes (plural)

Phrases

backward compatibility semantic versioning

Frequently Paired Words

backward compatibility regression semantic versioning

Questions

What does breaking change mean?: A change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code used by multiple applications.

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