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Troubleshooter

//ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
  2. 2
    a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) wordnet
  3. 3
    A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.

Etymology

From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.

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