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/diːˈbʌɡ/ · de·bug
noun
- A session of examining and correcting errors in software or a system. The developers held a debug after the new release crashed on startup.
verb
- To locate and fix errors or malfunctions in a computer program or mechanical system. She spent the afternoon debugging the code that kept throwing exceptions.
- To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from a location. The counter‑intelligence team was called in to debug the embassy’s conference room.
- To eliminate insects, especially lice, from a person or place. Parents often debug their children's hair during school health checks.
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Did you know? The term 'debug' entered popular usage after Grace Hopper taped a moth that caused a malfunction in a Harvard Mark II computer, coining the phrase ‘first actual case of bug being removed’. The incident popularized the metaphor of ‘debugging’ for fixing software errors.