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v. t. e. A software bug is a bug in computer software. A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as buggy. The effects of a software bug range from minor (such as a misspelled word in the user interface) to severe (such as frequent crashing). Software bugs have been linked to disasters.
The Corrupted Blood incident was a software bug in World of Warcraft that caused a deadly, debuff -inducing virtual disease that could only be contracted during a particular raid to be set free into the rest of the game world, leading to numerous, repeated deaths of many player characters.
Bug bounty program. A bug bounty program is a deal offered by many websites, organizations, and software developers by which individuals can receive recognition and compensation [1][2] for reporting bugs, especially those pertaining to security exploits and vulnerabilities. [3]
Software development. In engineering, debugging is the process of finding the root cause of and workarounds and possible fixes for bugs. For software, debugging tactics can involve interactive debugging, control flow analysis, log file analysis, monitoring at the application or system level, memory dumps, and profiling.
Patch (computing) A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a program or a file, often to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities. [1][2] A patch may be created to improve functionality, usability, or performance. A patch is typically provided by a vendor for updating the software that they provide.
Defensive programming is an approach to improve software and source code, in terms of: General quality – reducing the number of software bugs and problems. Making the source code comprehensible – the source code should be readable and understandable so it is approved in a code audit. Making the software behave in a predictable manner ...
Time formatting and storage bugs. In computer science, data type limitations and software bugs can cause errors in time and date calculation or display. These are most commonly manifestations of arithmetic overflow, but can also be the result of other issues. The most well-known consequence of this type is the Y2K problem, but many other ...
In computer programming jargon, a heisenbug is a software bug that seems to disappear or alter its behavior when one attempts to study it. [1] The term is a pun on the name of Werner Heisenberg, the physicist who first asserted the observer effect of quantum mechanics, which states that the act of observing a system inevitably alters its state ...