BUG | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of bug in English

(Definition of bug from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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(Definition of bug from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bug

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In practice, this capability is quite useful in discovering 'hard-to-find' bugs.
It must be this scientific 'bug' about research, collecting data and processing them with aid of a computer which is at work.
All are vulnerable to software bugs, however, at any time and so the liability of software companies needs to be ascertained.
There are also some bugs in the exercises, which may or may not have been corrected.
In return for obeying the type rules, the programmer is rewarded with compile-time error messages instead of run-time bugs.
These entities may be called demons or "the evil," animalculi or bugs, bacteria or viruses.
Unfortunately, a bug has crept into the adapted code, leading to a black hole.
It commonly takes a few iterations before one begins to find bugs in the program itself.
The parasites appeared to be merely digested by the bug, the rate of digestion being governed by the temperature at which the insects were maintained.
Intercropping facilitated a reduction in the cowpea bug infestation and in flea beetles on okra.
He viewed the detection and repair of a ' 'bug' ' or a protection violation to be a central aspect of this process.
This security bug was later fixed by the developers when the second author made them aware of the problem.
If the answer is that the result is incorrect, then there must be a bug in the applied function.
The story follows the mama bug and baby as they get the baby ready for bed.
And there appear to be a few bugs (subliminal images appeared when they presumably should not have on following some of the menu options).
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Translations of bug

in Chinese (Traditional)
昆蟲, 小蟲子, 病…
in Chinese (Simplified)
昆虫, 小虫子, 病…
in Spanish
bicho, infección, error…
in Portuguese
bicho, bichinho, micróbio…
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एक अतिशय लहान कीटक, विषाणू संसर्ग - जीवाणू किंवा विषाणूमुळे झालेला गंभीर नसलेला आजार, बग - संगणक प्रणालीतील चूक किंवा धोकादायक आज्ञावली…
虫, 昆虫, 感染症…
bakteri, virüs, bilgisayar programında hata…
insecte [masculine], mal [masculine], virus [masculine]…
cuca, infecció, error…
insect, luis, virus…
மிகச் சிறிய பூச்சி, பொதுவாக தீவிரமாக இல்லாத மற்றும் பாக்டீரியா அல்லது வைரஸால் ஏற்படும் ஒரு நோய், கணினி நிரலில் தவறு அல்லது சிக்கல்…
एक छोटा कीड़ा, कीट, बग…
માંકડ, નાનકડું જંતુ, બગ…
insekt, væggelus, virus…
insekt, skalbagge, vägglus…
serangga, pijat, kuman…
das Insekt, die Wanze, der Bazillus…
insekt [neuter], infeksjon [masculine], feil [masculine]…
کھٹمل, ہلکی بیماری جیسے فلو وغیرہ, بگ…
комаха, жук, блощиця…
инфекция, вирус, компьютерный вирус…
పురుగు, బాక్టీరియా లేదా వైరస్ వల్ల కలిగే చిన్నపాటి అస్వస్థత. సాధారణంగా ఇది అంత ప్రమాదకరం కాదు., కంప్యూటర్ ప్రోగ్రాంలో దోషం లేక సమస్య…
بَقّة, جَرْثومَة, فَيْروس…
খুব ছোট পোকা, রোগ জীবাণু সংক্রমণ, কম্প্যুটার প্রোগ্রাম সম্পর্কিত সমস্যা বা কোনো ভুল…
hmyz, brouk, štěnice…
serangga, kutu, hama…
แมลง, เชื้อโรค, อุปกรณ์ดักฟัง…
con bọ, con rệp, vi trùng…
wirus, zarazek, błąd…
벌레, 박테리아나 바이러스가 원인이 되는 유행성 질병, (컴퓨터 프로그램의) 오류…
insetto, cimice, bestiolina…
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