workaround
Sign in to savethumb|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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- Legal workarounds
- Acronyms
- See also
- References
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.