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buzzword compliance

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.

Noun

buzzword compliance (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Origin of buzzword compliance

Ironic parallel with standards compliance.

Questions about buzzword compliance

What does buzzword compliance mean?
Buzzword compliance means the practice of ensuring that a product supports a set of features considered important for marketing, regardless of whether they are valuable features.
What part of speech is buzzword compliance?
Buzzword compliance is a noun.

Words near buzzword compliance in the dictionary

  1. buzzsaws
  2. buzzstorm
  3. buzzstorms
  4. buzzword
  5. buzzword bingo
  6. buzzword compliance
  7. buzzword compliant
  8. buzzwordiness
  9. buzzwords
  10. buzzwordy
  11. buzzworm

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