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10 Language-to-English DictionariesBug
/bʌɡ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An error, flaw, or malfunction in a computer program or system.
"The software engineers worked late into the night to fix a critical bug in the payment gateway." - 2
An insect or small arthropod.
"He examined the colorful bug crawling slowly across the garden leaf."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in the late Middle English period as 'bugge', meaning a scarecrow or hobgoblin, likely related to Middle Welsh 'bwg' (ghost or goblin). By the late 19th century, the term shifted to denote an insect, and famously evolved in 1947 to describe an error in computer hardware or software when engineers literally found a moth trapped in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bug" is said worldwide
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bogue
Transliteration: /bɔɡ/
"Le programme contient un bogue majeur qui bloque l'affichage."
Fehler
Transliteration: /ˈfɛːlɐ/
"Wir müssen diesen Fehler im System so schnell wie möglich beheben."
difetto
Transliteration: /diˈfɛt.to/
"C'è un piccolo difetto nel codice che causa il blocco dell'applicazione."
fallo
Transliteration: /ˈfa.ʎo/
"El programador encontró un fallo crítico en la última actualización."
erro
Transliteration: /ˈe.ʁu/
"Encontramos um erro no sistema que impede o login."
त्रुटि
Transliteration: truti
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"सॉफ्टवेयर में एक त्रुटि के कारण यह क्रैश हो गया।"
程序错误
Transliteration: chéngxù cuòwù
Script: 中文汉字
"技术人员正在努力修复这个程序错误。"
오류
Transliteration: oryu
Script: 한국어 한글
"개발자가 프로그램의 오류를 수정했습니다."
不具合
Transliteration: fuguai
Script: 日本語
"システムに小さな不具合が見つかりました。"
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