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Aspect of computer hardware or software
An undocumented feature is an unintended or undocumented hardware operation, for example an undocumented instruction, or software feature found in computer hardware and software that is considered beneficial or useful. Sometimes the documentation is omitted through oversight, but undocumented features are sometimes not intended for use by end users, but left available for use by the vendor for software support and development. Also, some unintended operation of hardware or software that ends up being of utility to users is simply a bug, flaw or quirk. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Undocumented featureA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: A reader in Latina feminist theologyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: “It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature”: Identifying and classifying problems in engineering educationCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Hardware bugA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Intel Active Management TechnologyA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
A reader in Latina feminist theologyMaría Pilar Aquino, Daisy L Machado · 2002- 📕The hitchhiker's guide to VMSBruce Ellis · 1990
- 📕Secret ORACLE - Unleashing the Full Potential of the ORACLE DBMS by Leveraging Undocumented FeaturesNorbert Debes · 2008
- 📕Secret ORACLENorbert Debes · 1996
Visual Basic for Windows 95 insiderPeter G. Aitken · 1996- 📕Secrets of Delphi 2Ray Lischner · 1996
- 📕Blasting for abandoned mine land reclamation · 1991
- 📕2018 pushcart prize XLIIBill Henderson · 2018
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