tech debt

A form of technical debt — The implied cost of additional future work caused by choosing an easy but inferior solution originally.

Meanings

nountech debt (countable and uncountable, plural tech debts)

plural tech debts

  1. abbreviationclippingcountableinformaluncountablecomputingClipping of technical debt.
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