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
Gary Barnacle "Between The Sun And The Moon" by Brenda Russell. During this period he co-wrote and recorded an instrumental project with Mark King, also involving Bill Sharpe (Shakatak), and still awaiting release. Other acts for whom Barnacle has contributed live or in session have included Pet Shop Boys, David Bowie, and ABC. He worked frequently with Stock Aitken Waterman as a session musician in their PWL studios. Barnacle is frequently credited as an arranger of woodwinds, brass and string instrument on his session work. Barnacle also plays flute, keyboards and drums. In a career spanning more than three decades, Gary Barnacle