buzzword compliance

noun

The practice of ensuring that a product supports a set of features considered important for marketing, regardless of whether they are valuable features.

“The UDDI-over-Bluetooth support is only in there for buzzword compliance.”

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Meanings

nounbuzzword compliance (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingThe practice of ensuring that a product supports a set of features considered important for marketing, regardless of whether they are valuable features.

    The UDDI-over-Bluetooth support is only in there for buzzword compliance.

Origin

Ironic parallel with standards compliance.

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buzzword compliance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buzzword%20compliance

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