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(cat, and that last statement is bunk. all software has bugs, but in my experience the more popular roguelikes have very few by comparison.) |
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The bug word comes from the ancient computer times, when giant room-sized computers produced a lot of heat and physical bugs felt attracted to it. When a bug damaged the computer a maintennance functionary had to physically go and remove it for the computer to work properly. | The bug word comes from the ancient computer times, when giant room-sized computers produced a lot of heat and physical bugs felt attracted to it. When a bug damaged the computer a maintennance functionary had to physically go and remove it for the computer to work properly. | ||
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Revision as of 06:14, 19 September 2005
A bug is an inconsistence in the functionality of a computer system. They are commonly caused by error during the programming phase, which must be corrected by the developer, or failures in the APIs and libraries the developer depends on.
The bug word comes from the ancient computer times, when giant room-sized computers produced a lot of heat and physical bugs felt attracted to it. When a bug damaged the computer a maintennance functionary had to physically go and remove it for the computer to work properly.