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stack

Bureaucratic
/stæk/n. (organizational)

Etym.from Old English stac, 'pile,' later repurposed by marketing teams to imply intentional design rather than accumulated debt, see Morris, Corporate Lexicon 2012.

A marketed bundle of software, services, and vendor relationships presented as a cohesive solution that primarily obscures integration work and diffuses accountability.

'We should consolidate onto a single stack to reduce vendor friction' - Q2 Product Strategy, slide 12

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