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Bug
A general term for any failure or defect in the software code or in hardware. There are tools that facilitates finding and dealing with bugs. A bug shouldn’t be confused with an error, which is the resulting message about a problem from an existing bug in the code.
| First released | 1940s |
| Developed by | Grace Hopper (one version) |
Interesting facts
The term was used by engineers to describe a defect as early as 1870s.