featuretoggle
nounUK /ˈfiːtʃə ˈtɒɡl/
US /ˈfiːtʃər ˈtɑːɡl/
A feature toggle is a switch that turns a part of a computer program on or off.
The team used a feature toggle to hide the new game mode until it was ready.
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2. A setting that lets developers test a new function with only some users.
They enabled the feature toggle for a small group of beta testers.
3. A way to turn off a broken part of an app without releasing new code.
The feature toggle let them disable the chat quickly when it crashed.
4. A named on/off control stored in a configuration file.
The feature toggle named dark_mode was set to true for everyone.