enhancement

1. A change to a product which is intended to make it better

in some way, e.g. new functions, faster, or occasionally more

compatible with other systems. Enhancements to hardware

components, especially integrated circuits often mean they

are smaller and less demanding of resources. Sadly, this is

almost never true of software enhancements.

2. Marketroid-speak for a bug fix. This abuse of language

is a popular and time-tested way to turn incompetence into

increased revenue. A hacker being ironic would instead call

the fix a feature, or perhaps save some effort by declaring

"That's not a bug, that's a feature!".

[Jargon File]

(1998-04-04)