computer bug

etymology

insect

moth

coinage

virus

computer virus

computer

immunity

innoculation

programming

computer programming

computer programmer

coding

computer program

by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't acquire bugs by sitting around with other buggy programs.

is something like tripping going downstairs, and when you reach for the handrail it comes off in your hand.

When you catch bugs early, you also get fewer compound bugs. Compound bugs are two separate bugs that interact: you trip going downstairs, and when you reach for the handrail it comes off in your hand.

is that you've got a complex system and sometimes it takes a while to get all the components to co-exist peacefully.

that you've got a complex system and sometimes it takes a while to get all the components to co-exist peacefully.

is indistinguishable from a feature if it is sufficiently advanced.

Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.

is often introduced by the wise programmer as a feature

computer bug, n.All

computer bug