Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

versionitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-sioni-tis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This helps companies maintain an honest relationship with the software publisher and protects against versionitis."
"Versionitis exists when the team is using multiple versions of the same software[…] Integration of modules can be a nightmare when a project catches versionitis."
"The Handbook can suffer from versionitis; at this writing, the Handbook is one release behind the current version of the software, making it out of date in parts."

Etymology

From version + -itis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: version

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

featuritis

Questions

What does versionitis mean?: A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.
Where does versionitis come from?: From version + -itis.

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