Tim Folkerts said:
OK, I like the idea that a jumper wire is a repair becase it works but doesn't meet the original specs. But suppose you could somehow fix the board so that is did meet the original specs - what would you call this?
Tim Folkerts said:
If you fix a car with original parts so that it is as good as new, is that a repair or not?
Tim Folkerts said:
If you use substandard parts, but the car still works, is that a repair?
As I said in an earlier post, you have to be in agreement with the customer when terms are used that don't have universally agreed-upon definitions. And even when there are such definitions, the nature of the customer-supplier relationship is such that in the end, the customer's definition will always trump everything else.