feature creep

Delay extending the release date of a product due to the manufacturers wanting to add 'new and improved' functions to the product
Feature creap can prolong a release date with infinate delay. see Vaporware

Duke Nukem Forever was a victim of feature creep and is now Vaporware

by Kommando July 8, 2004

feature nail

n. A finger or toe nail that is painted and/or shaped differently from the other nail on that hand or foot.

"I broke my feature nail!"

by WiXan June 7, 2013

feature mining

Adding features to software by finding them buried in an epically large code base. Typically sitting unused.

Fixing that error on the home page added a shiny graph.?
Where did that come from?
That code has been there for years?
Whoah that's some good feature mining.

by meadsteve May 5, 2014

feature engineering

Deriving new variables from data for the purpose of analysis.

Why is this six gigs? The data set I gave you was only one gig.

Feature engineering, --sometimes I'm like my own neural network.

by cinf May 6, 2020

feature creep

The progressive addition of requirements into a project (especially software) after the specification has been completed. This can result in bloat and an end product that seems to have lots of extra bits attached with duct tape.

This is often caused by managers or consultants that do not have a clear view of what product development entails and start sentences with "How easy would it be to..."

Just to warn you: Will is the king of feature creep. If he suggests another feature to you, tell him to run it by me first. That'll calm him down.

by correctionalshoesboy July 9, 2004

feature zenith

During a s/w products life it will reach a pinnacle of functionality and performance. Subsequent releases of the software tend to diminish from that pinnacle and merely becomes a licensing/revenue raising exercise with lower quality releases as a result.

Microsoft Office 2003 was the feature zenith for the Office Suite.

by giuliocc May 26, 2009

feature creep

A term used to describe extra features being included in a project, after the project was supposedly already closed to new features.

I thought we were nearly done with this computer program, but feature creep from marketing means we'll be working for another 2 weeks at least.

by Media Assassin July 9, 2004