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Hyrum's law

Hyrum's law proper noun: an observation regarding the likelihood of breaking changes to a public interface, stating that, given a sufficiently popular system, any observable behavior — even if it is not guaranteed by contract — will be depended upon by some user.

Proper noun

Hyrum's law

  1. An observation regarding the likelihood of breaking changes to a public interface, stating that, given a sufficiently popular system, any observable behavior — even if it is not guaranteed by contract — will be depended upon by some user.

Origin of Hyrum's law

Named after software developer Hyrum Wright.

Questions about Hyrum's law

What does Hyrum's law mean?
Hyrum's law means an observation regarding the likelihood of breaking changes to a public interface, stating that, given a sufficiently popular system, any observable behavior — even if it is not guaranteed by contract — will be depended upon by some user.
What part of speech is Hyrum's law?
Hyrum's law is a proper noun.

Words near Hyrum's law in the dictionary

  1. hyriid
  2. hyriids
  3. Hyrrokin
  4. hyrtioreticulin
  5. Hyrum
  6. Hyrum's law
  7. Hyrynsalmi
  8. hys
  9. HYSA
  10. HYSAs
  11. Hysell

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