Technology

Path Dependence

(noun) When the costs of reverting to a previous state or switching to a different path become prohibitively high, even in the face of better solutions.

The company’s reliance on Progress 4GL illustrates path dependence—despite newer technologies being available, decades of ABL development make switching platforms economically unfeasible.

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Vestigial

(adj) Of, relating to, or constituting a vestige; remaining as a trace of something that once existed but is no longer functional or necessary.

The appendix is a vestigial organ in humans, serving no apparent purpose in modern physiology.

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