Commitment Glossary
Browse 4 commitment terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Commitment Terms
- Double Down Slang
- Informal language for committing even harder to a decision, pattern, or direction instead of reconsidering it. In engineering slang, doubling down can mean...
- Lock In
- To commit to a choice, vendor, design, or environment in a way that becomes hard to reverse later. In engineering slang, locking in can be good decisive focus...
- Past the Point of No Return
- Beyond the stage where backing out cleanly is realistic. In engineering slang, crossing this point changes how teams think about risk, rollback, and what...
- Point of No Return
- The stage at which reversing a technical move is no longer realistic without major cost or disruption. In engineering slang, identifying the point of no return...
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