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Meta-tag about bugs. Please don't use this.

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Term for accidental features

The Pragmatic Programmer calls these Accidents of Implementation. This term hopefully ensures that the situation will not be mistaken for anything but what it actually is. "Accidents of implementatio …
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Term for accidental features [closed]

My question: Is there a term for this type of "feature" that can serve to differentiate it from a run-of-the-mill bug? …
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