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A '''software defect''' (or '''bug''') is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways. | [[File:First_computer_bug.jpg|thumb|A page from the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer's log, featuring a dead moth that was removed from the device.]]A '''software defect''' (or '''bug''') is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways. | ||
A program that contains a large number of defects, and/or defects that seriously interfere with its functionality, is said to be ''buggy''. | A program that contains a large number of defects, and/or defects that seriously interfere with its functionality, is said to be ''buggy''. | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 4 June 2016
A software defect (or bug) is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways.
A program that contains a large number of defects, and/or defects that seriously interfere with its functionality, is said to be buggy.
Nonfiction cross-reference
Opening card of the US army WWII short animated films "Private Snafu".
Fiction cross-reference
External links
- Software bug @ Wikipedia