troubleshooter

English

Etymology

From trouble +‎ shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

troubleshooter (plural troubleshooters)

1. A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
2. (computing) A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.

Related terms

• shoot trouble
• troubleshoot
• troubleshooting

Translations

person skilled at solving problems

Bulgarian: авариен монтьор (avarien montjor) Dutch: probleemoplosser (nl) m, troubleshooter (nl) m Maori: waewae-kai-pakiaka Polish: mechanik (pl) m Spanish: apagafuegos (colloquial) Swedish: problemlösare (sv) c