bug
- noun
- /bʌg/
- Specialized
- After testing, we identified a bug that caused the application to crash unexpectedly.
- fix bugs
- software bug
- find bugs
Don't you think that is, again, feature versus bug it?
- Don't you think that is, again, feature versus bug it?
- So it's, this is, this is clearly a moral bug of our operating system.
- This is one of the very first actual bugs found by Admiral Grace Hopper.
- I have observed a few glitchy UI bugs but no performance bugs so far.
- The maker has found a bug and wants to update the software.
- You, you, you, you pick up a bug and you go, that doesn't look right.
- I think ambiguity is a feature, not a bug in human spoken languages.
Examples
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Some companies have the capabilities to focus on fixing the bug in both corporate systems and factory operations.
Academic text (1997) -
Today, detecting and avoiding data-race bugs can be far from easy.
Academic text (2012) -
The goal is to move towards a bug free program.
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You have a serious bug problem.
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Yeah, we're still in the beta phase, working out a few bugs.
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Does the web page have bugs, such as images that cannot be viewed, dead, or broken?
Academic text (2001) -
A more serious difficulty is that some bugs are manifest only when a problem is run at scale.
Academic text (2011) -
Lingren's team is constantly on the lookout for bugs, but not the type used in espionage.
Academic text (1994) -
We discovered a critical bug that prevented the software from starting correctly.
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The engineers fixed several minor bugs before releasing the update.
Synonyms
A wrong action or decision
A computer problem that makes a program give a wrong result or stop
A fault that makes something less useful or valuable
A small sudden fault in a machine or computer program that makes it work wrong
A small fault in an object or machine that makes it less useful
A problem in a machine or system that makes it not work
A problem in a computer that makes it give wrong or unexpected results
A mistake in computer code that makes software behave wrongly
A problem in a computer program that makes it give wrong results
An error in a program's logic that makes it give wrong results even when the code runs without errors
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Tell someone about an idea so they will think about it later
Compounds
- US
A large bloodsucking bug that bites near the mouth and can spread Chagas disease
- US
A common North American beetle whose young live on roots and adults eat leaves and flowers
- Specialized
An insect with a thin mouth that pierces and sucks fluids, like a water strider
- Specialized
A small black and white bug that eats grasses like wheat and can damage crops
- Specialized
A large insect that sucks blood from people and sometimes spreads disease
- Specialized
A long-legged bug that eats other insects and sometimes sucks blood from mammals
A small yellow or orange bug with four black stripes that makes spots on plant leaves
A small yellow insect with four black stripes on its back that feeds on plants
A small insect with a thin net pattern on its wings and body that feeds on plant leaves
A large insect that feeds on plant juices and has leaf-shaped parts on its back legs
- Specialized
A small insect that feeds on many crop and garden plants and damages fruits
- US
A large insect that feeds on the sap of plants like squash and pumpkins, often damaging crops
- Specialized
A large North American insect with a wheel-shaped crest that eats other insects
- Specialized
A possible computer problem when programs cannot use dates after the year 9999
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the computer meaning of bug is to think of a real insect causing a machine to stop; one famous story says engineers once found a moth inside an early computer. That's why a bug now means an error or fault in a program or system.