DEBUG

debug

(verb) locate and correct errors in a computer program code; “debug this program”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

debug (third-person singular simple present debugs, present participle debugging, simple past and past participle debugged)

(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.

(electronics) To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).

(US) To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.

Synonyms

• (to search and remove errors in): diagnose, troubleshoot

• (to remove insects from): delouse

Noun

debug (plural debugs)

The action, or a session, of reviewing source code to find and eliminate errors.

Anagrams

• Budge, budge

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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