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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>enhancement</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="English.html" title="English"/><link rel="next" href="ENQ.html" title="ENQ"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">enhancement</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="English.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ENQ.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="enhancement"/><dt xmlns="" id="enhancement"><b>enhancement</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Common <a href="../M/marketroid.html"><i class="glossterm">marketroid</i></a>-speak for a bug
<a href="../F/fix.html"><i class="glossterm">fix</i></a>. 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 <a href="../F/feature.html"><i class="glossterm">feature</i></a>
&#8212; or perhaps save some effort by declaring the bug itself to be a
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