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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''.


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== In the News ==


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== Fiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Pi disaster]]
* [[Pi disaster]]


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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Software (nonfiction)]]
 
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug Software bug] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug Software bug] @ Wikipedia

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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.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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