Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

technical debt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables
tech-ni-cal debt
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The implied cost of additional future work caused by choosing an easy but inferior solution originally.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by American computer programmer Ward Cunningham in 1992.

Usage

Inflected Forms

technical debts (plural) tech debt (alternative, clipping)

Synonyms

design debt code debt

Questions

What does technical debt mean?
The implied cost of additional future work caused by choosing an easy but inferior solution originally.
Where does technical debt come from?
Coined by American computer programmer Ward Cunningham in 1992.

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