workaround
Sign in to saveAlso known as alternate solution, alternative solution, kludge, temporary solution, temporary fix, circumvention, work-around
thumb|right|Part of the Miles Glacier Bridge, with a temporary repair after a March 1964 earthquake and was not permanently repaired until July 2004 thumb|right|Barriers installed to slow down cyclists have been bypassed by creating a [[desire path so that they do not have to brake, thus showing a literal example of a workaround and the path of least resistance ]]
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thumb|right|Part of the Miles Glacier Bridge, with a temporary repair after a March 1964 earthquake and was not permanently repaired until July 2004 thumb|right|Barriers installed to slow down cyclists have been bypassed by creating a [[desire path so that they do not have to brake, thus showing a literal example of a workaround and the path of least resistance ]]
A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem or limitation in a system or policy. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine solution to the problem is needed. But workarounds are frequently as creative as true solutions, involving outside the box thinking in their creation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “workaround” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.