Showstopper

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Showstopper may refer to:

In show business:

• Showstopper (original meaning): An outstanding performance that causes the show to temporarily stop due to audience reaction (such as uproarious laughter or a standing ovation).

In development:

• In aerospace engineering, U.S.government and military circles, an engineering or planning flaw which causes or can be shown to cause an operational failure.
• In software development, a computer bug that prevents a project from going forward (as opposed to a minor bug that can be documented and coped with).

In music:

• Show Stopper, the debut single by the R&B group and Making the Band 3 winners Danity Kane.
• The Showstoppers, 2005 album from the American Idol compilation series.

In consumer entertainment hardware:

• The Panasonic ShowStopper was Panasonic's version of a Personal Video Recorder based on early ReplayTV.

In other fields:

• Showstopper!, a book about the development of the Windows NT operating system.
• Show Stoppers, episode of Garfield and Friends from 1989.
• One of several nicknames of professional wrestler Shawn Michaels.