Barnacle (slang) in the field in order to correct a design or manufacturing defect. The term appears to have originated from the crustacean barnacle which is an animal that attaches itself to rocks, docks, ships, whales, and other objects where it grows. A barnacle in electronics is something added to the manufactured product. Typically a barnacle on a circuit board is very noticeable, much like the mollusc variety on a rock in the sea. While the term was originally used with electronic hardware, it has also migrated into the software industry where is it is used to describe software that is added
Quinnipiac Barnacle out with its first print edition on September 4, 2013. "The Barnacle" is currently working on a web video series called "BarnacleTV", but no current launch date or information has been made available to public. An unofficial newspaper on the Quinnipiac campus, "The Quad News", published a negative article about "The Barnacle" on November 11, 2012. Shortly after, "The Barnacle" published a satirical response to the article titled "Quad News Staff Tries to Draw a Line." Quinnipiac Barnacle "The Quinnipiac Barnacle" is a parody newspaper at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. The newspaper publishes daily online while school is in