The act of incessantly churning out software features that nobody ever asked for under the delusion that that is the solution to all problems ever. Often, such features are solutions looking for problems. It is usually seen in software companies where the person or people in charge are so far detached from reality that their lack of intuitive understanding of the problem space and ignorance manifest as a never ending stream of pointless features, generally on the UI, that slowly corrode the software.
In Street Fighter 4, you can cancel one of your character's special moves by using the focus attack right after using your special move, thus canceling the special move. After canceling with the focus attack, you can then dash out and cancel your focus attack.