The Bus Factor is the number of people that could be run over by a bus before a software project would have code nobody is familiar with (or for the project to be neutralized).
by busfactor September 1, 2007
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"Crikey was that Willy's idea as well? I dunno what we'd do without him"
"Yeah, he has a really high bus factor"
"Yeah, he has a really high bus factor"
by lardarz September 2, 2009
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