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What is WAD???? - 8/20/2009 9:51:46 PM

awadley

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I see this over and over, but don't have any idea what it means.

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/20/2009 10:09:49 PM

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/20/2009 10:10:05 PM

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WAD World AIDS Day
WAD Without A Doubt
WAD WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Acronym Dictionary
WAD Whiplash Associated Disorders
WAD World Association of Detectives
WAD Web Application Development
WAD Weak Acid Dissociable (cyanide; gold mining)
WAD Works As Designed
WAD Wisconsin Association of the Deaf
WAD Where's All the Data (Doom gaming)
WAD Work Authorization Document
WAD Wide Area Differential
WAD War Allocation Daemon (Doom computer game)
WAD Work Authorization Directive
WAD We Always Die (gaming clan)
WAD Wireless Access Device
WAD Wavelength Add and Drop (Lucent)
WAD Wise Ass Doolie
WAD Wide-Area Development
WAD Written Acceptance Date (Sprint)
WAD Worldwide Agency Data

Works as designed?

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/20/2009 10:11:21 PM

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Dili,
Thanks, I had not come up with all of those.

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/20/2009 11:30:49 PM

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In the software development world, "WAD" means "Working As Designed" - which means the software behavior in question is nada-bug.

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/21/2009 6:00:26 AM

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Or it means it is a bug but developers can't be bothered to fix it...

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/21/2009 7:14:16 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: awadley

I see this over and over, but don't have any idea what it means.

US Government term--Working as Designed. One of the possible responses to a user problem report. Use with a cynical tone of voice when it's a contractor-built system.

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/21/2009 12:08:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: Dili

Or it means it is a bug but developers can't be bothered to fix it...

This kind of bugs are called functionalities

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RE: What is WAD???? - 8/21/2009 1:00:38 PM

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Or "features"...

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