enhancement

(computer science) A substantial increase in the capabilities of hardware or software.
(electronics) An increase in the density of charged carriers in a particular region of a semiconductor.

Any improvement made to a software package or hardware device. Sometimes enhancements are really bug fixes in disguise.

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noun

Something added to another for embellishment or completion: accompaniment, complement, enrichment. See accompanied.

Definition: improvement
Antonyms: diminution

Common marketroid-speak for a bug fix. This abuse of language is a popular and time-tested way to turn incompetence into increased revenue. A hacker being ironic would instead call the fix a feature — or perhaps save some effort by declaring the bug itself to be a feature.

Increase in value; im- provement.

Enhancement is generally used to mean an increase in the market value of property that is the result of an improvement.

The enhancement of a criminal penalty means the increase of punishment, such as by increasing a jail sentence. This type of enhancement might be affected when the criminal's motive is found to be particularly depraved.