For Bug we have terms and definitions in 16 topics. The topics are Cad, Computer Technology, Computer Virus, Gambling, Gaming, Ham Radio, Hippy, Horse Racing, Import Cars, Information Security, Music Technology, Newspaper Design, Online Casino, Security Testing, Technology and William Shakespeare.

Bug (Cad)

A programmed error or oversight, a glitch.

Bug (Computer Technology)

This is commonly an error in design or programming in a hardware device or piece of software. The effects of a bug may be as harmless as an extra graphic on the screen, or as harmful as a system crash or loss of data.

Bug (Computer Virus)

A programming error in a software program that can have unwanted side effects. Some examples include Various web browser security problems and Y2K software problems.

Bug (Gambling)

A joker card.

Bug (Gaming)

The term Bug refers to a mistake in software that can affect a game in a variety of ways from distorted graphics to major crashes.

Bug (Ham Radio)

A semi-automatic mechanical code key

Bug (Hippy)

To bother someone. "Quit buggin' me!"

Bug (Horse Racing)

A term to denote a one, two or three- bug apprentice weight allowance.

Bug (Import Cars)

1. A minor flaw, imperfection, or malfunction. 2. A Volkswagen Beetle [3] a problem in a hardware or software element of a computers system

Bug (Information Security)

An error in the design or implementation of a program that causes it to do something that neither the user nor the program author had intended to do.

Bug (Music Technology)

Software error. A term that originally comes from the early days of computing, when a problem in an early military research computer was found to be caused by a moth inside the machine!

Bug (Newspaper Design)

Another term for a sig or logo used to label a story; often indented into the text.

Bug (Online Casino)

A joker.

Bug (Security Testing)

A fault in a program which causes the program to perform in an unintended or unanticipated manner. See: anomaly, defect, error, exception, fault.

Bug (Technology)

1. An error in coding or logic that causes a program to malfunction or to produce incorrect results. Minor bugs, such as a cursor that does not behave as expected, can be inconvenient or frustrating, but do not damage information. More severe bugs can require the user to restart the program or the computer, losing whatever previous work had not been saved. Worse yet are bugs that damage saved data without alerting the user. All such errors must be found and corrected by the process known as debugging. Because of the potential risk to important data, commercial application programs are tested and debugged as completely as possible before release. After the program becomes available, further minor bugs are corrected in the next update. A more severe bug can sometimes be fixed with a piece of software called a patch, which circumvents the problem or in some other way alleviates its effects. See also beta test, bomb2, crash2 (definition 1), debug, debugger, hang, inherent error, logic error, semantic error, syntax error. 2. A recurring physical problem that prevents a system or set of components from working together properly. While the origin of this definition is in some dispute, computer folklore attributes the first use of bug in this sense to a problem in the Harvard Mark I or the Army/University of Pennsylvania ENIAC that was traced to a moth caught between the contacts of a relay in the machine (although a moth is not entomologically a true bug).

Bug (William Shakespeare)

A bugbear, a spectre.

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