English Explanatory Dictionary

technical debt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

technical debt technical debts tech debt

Etymology

Coined by American computer programmer Ward Cunningham in 1992.

Synonyms

design debt code debt
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