Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To remove a hidden electronic device, such as a microphone, from: debug a conference room.
- v. To make (a hidden microphone, for example) ineffective.
- v. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in: debug a spacecraft before launch; debug a computer program.
- v. To remove insects from, as with a pesticide.
Wiktionary
- v. To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from somewhere
- v. computer science To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery
- v. US To remove insects from somewhere
WordNet 3.0
- v. locate and correct errors in a computer program code
Etymologies
- de- + bug (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If you want to see some debug information from the fetchexec process, uncomment the line $debug = 1; in file config. inc.”
“She was instrumental in developing COBOL and takes credit for inventing the word "debug" as applied to computers - she says because a moth disabled a computer she was working on during WWII, and she remarked that the computer needed "debugging.”
“The video showed Carrier IQ recording everything Eckhart entered into his phone, storing the data in what's known as a debug log.”
“Test case 2: I try to now run my application itself (instead of the deployed website) as I want to debug, that is where the issue arises.”
“Just a note, the most essential requirement to debug is to Enable Debugging in CF Administrator so don't miss checking that part of the video as well.”
“Assuming, I am creating my Yahtzee A.I. using evolutionary techniques, it would be natural for me to "debug" the process.”
“It is then that your average hacker begins to look into the meaning of life and the universal systems, and when they encounter anomolies they attempt to 'debug' the system.”
“a program can have a memory corruption or a double free. therefore, I can use MALLOC_CHECK_ to debug, which is fine.”
“Purdue University researchers, working with high-performance computing experts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, have created an automated program to "debug" simulations used to more efficiently certify the nation's nuclear weapons.”
“WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers, working with high-performance computing experts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, have created an automated program to "debug" simulations used to more efficiently certify the nation's nuclear weapons.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘debug’.
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webdev
random webdev lingo used primarily in computer programming.
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ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 439 more... -
Sample List
Samle List
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DevWeb List
Words used in conjunction with PC activity.
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(In)action Words
New verbs for the internet age. No physical activity required.
digg, fark, slashdot, blog, favorite, text, email, hotlink, defrag, facebook, im, debug and 27 more...
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Technophiles "R" Us
applet, phish, podcast, blog, mouselexia, hot spot, adware, backbone, bot, cyberspace, emoticon, netiquette and 16 more...
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Technofancy
chipset, kernel, motherboard, network, bios, microprocessor, ram, rom, register, pipelining, smartphone, programmable and 24 more...
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computer words
computer, floppy disk, keyboard, feed, memex, recursive, kernel, debug, dogfooding, bootstrapping, ansible
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Used in conversation
Words I had to look up because either A) I didn't know what they meant, or B) I wanted a more precise definition so I could argue on some obscure point.
cynical, androgyny, indignation, bedouin, mirthless, indiscriminate, pedantic, licentious, acquiesce, misanthropic, adroitly, glib and 15 more...
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computer words
perl, java, c, regular expression, debug
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arnold's Words
twitter, discombobulated, ack, fisticuffs, thwart, dollop, flight of stairs, schnozzle, mahal, debug
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