Technical Debt

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Technical Debt

Implied cost of additional work caused by quick solutions

Part of speech: Noun Category: Information Technology Subcategory: General IT Level: Intermediate

Pronunciation: 🇺🇸 US/ˈtɛknɪkəl dɛt/ 🇬🇧 UK/ˈtɛknɪkəl dɛt/

Definition

Implied cost of additional work caused by quick solutions

Examples

Technical debt types include: code debt, architectural debt, test debt, documentation debt, requiring refactoring and maintenance.

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