Important Words in Quality Assurance
kruft: (n) unneeded functional penetralia. Generally to be avoided, kruft sometimes sneaks into a mature product. Synonyms: junk, old stuff, waxy buildup.
foist: (v) to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. We don't want to foist this workflow upon our users. Synonyms: dump, drop, force.
QA: (n) Quality Assurance team. A feature can be said to be "in QA" which means "in the quality review process". The buck stops in QA. A person can be "in QA", meaning "in a certain peaceful, open state of mind." After two years of testing Dreamweaver, Dominic was in constant QA. Also: Quality Assurance Engineer. Someone can be "a QA" or just "QA". Hey baby, I'm Dreamweaver QA. Synonyms: user, guinea pig.
QA: (v) to test thoroughly, relentlessly; to assure quality. We really need to QA the hell out of this feature. Synonyms: test, examine, vet, break.
vex: (v) to irritate or annoy by petty provocations. Windows vexes me. Synonyms: harrass, puzzle, provoke.
December 14, 2004
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