"Cupertino effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named for the fact that some older computer spellcheckers did not have knowledge of the word cooperation, and when a user typed it in the document, the spellchecker automatically replaced it not with co-operation, but with Cupertino, a name of a city in northern California and headquarters of Apple, Inc. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cooperation}} cooperation, {{m|en|co-operation}} co-operation, {{m|en|Cupertino}} Cupertino Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Cupertino effect
  1. (computing, software) The replacement, by a spell checker, of words that it interprets as being misspelled, by words which are still incorrect in context. Categories (topical): Computing, Software Derived forms: Cupertino

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