An error in coding or logic that causes a program to malfunction or to produce incorrect results.
— Computer ScienceError, especially in a program, that has been missed in testing. The story goes that the original bug was an insect that got itself cremated inside an electrical circuit in an early computer, causing it to fail (and I don’t suppose the insect enjoyed it much, either).- It took them ages to figure out what was causing the problem, and when they eventually found the bug the story passed into legend.
— Computer ScienceAn error in a piece of software that stops it from working the way that it should do.
— Computer Science