Triage Glossary
Browse 15 triage terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
15 Triage Terms
- Bug Priority
- The relative urgency assigned to fixing a bug based on business impact, user pain, deadlines, or operational risk. Bug priority is about when the bug should be...
- Bug Severity
- The seriousness of a bug's impact on correctness, stability, security, or user experience. Bug severity is about how bad the issue is when it happens, which is...
- File Analysis
- The examination of a file's structure, metadata, contents, and behavior to determine whether it is malicious, sensitive, or otherwise noteworthy. File analysis...
- First Responder
- The initial person or team that handles a suspected security incident, containing immediate damage, preserving evidence, and escalating appropriately. In cyber...
- High Priority
- Marked as urgent or important enough to receive faster attention, escalation, or queue position than normal work. In many organizations it is both necessary...
- Incident Classification
- The process of categorizing a security event by type, severity, scope, and response pathway so the right teams and procedures are triggered. Common classes...
- Incident Escalation
- The act of raising an event or investigation to a higher severity, broader response team, or more senior authority when evidence shows greater risk or impact....
- Incident Severity
- The assigned level of seriousness for a security incident based on impact, scope, exploitability, and business consequences. Incident severity drives who gets...
- Issue Label
- A tag applied to an issue to classify it by type, priority, status, component, or contributor-friendliness. Good labeling helps maintainers route work,...
- Issue Template
- A predefined form or structure for issue submissions that prompts users for information such as reproduction steps, expected behavior, environment details, or...
- No Fix
- A decision or status indicating that a reported issue will not be fixed, at least for now. In engineering slang, 'no fix' may reflect hard prioritization, ugly...
- Not a Bug
- A claim that unexpected behavior is intended or at least not considered a defect by the people making the call. In engineering slang, 'not a bug' may be...
- P0
- Priority zero, the highest urgency level in many engineering and support systems, reserved for issues that require immediate attention. It often implies...
- P1
- Priority one, typically the next level below the most severe emergency and still requiring fast response. Exact definitions vary by team, but it always signals...
- Won't Fix
- A resolution status meaning the issue is acknowledged but intentionally not going to be addressed. In engineering slang, won't fix can reflect healthy...
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