Cupertino_effect
Cupertino effect
Software bug in a spell checker
The Cupertino effect occurs when a spell checker erroneously replaces or flags correctly spelled words that are not in its dictionary, including words that may be recognized as standard or permissible by other dictionaries (one spell checker might flag "ain't" or "covid" but not "deprioritize" or "neurotypical", unlike another spell checker).
Parts of this article (those related to whole) need to be updated. The reason given is: most recent source is from 2010; vast changes in spell-checking technology since then.. (January 2024) |