Software bug
Inherent flaw in computer instructions
Summary
A software bug is a defect (bug) in computer software. A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as buggy.
Originally created by Ed Poor
1/30/2002, 6:31:01 PM
Modified
5/19/2026, 4:07:17 PM
Recent revisions
[[User:Kvng/RTH|review]]: heading improvements
Fixed a reference. Please see [[Category:CS1 errors: dates]].
add citation on using Defects4J for automatic repair
Add: bibcode, pmc, pmid. | [[:en:WP:UCB|Use this bot]]. [[:en:WP:DBUG|Report bugs]]. | Suggested by BlaqWiedow | [[Category:CS1 errors: dates]] | #UCB_Category | Whitelisted category 297/852
clears [[:Category:CS1 errors: dates|CS1 date error(s)]]
Add citation for software testing reliability estimate claim (Dey & Chakraborty, 2024)
[[WP:NOPIPE|unpiped]] links using [[User:Nardog/Unpipe|script]]
/* In popular culture */ added links to Y2K wiki
/* Benchmark */ added a citation for the Siemens benchmark
Reverting edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-25879-14|~2026-25879-14]] ([[User_talk:~2026-25879-14|talk]]) to rev. 1348956867 by Kvng: Vandalism ([[w:en:WP:UV|UV 0.1.6]])
Foxed typo
[[User:Kvng/RTH|review]]: word choice. consistency.
[[User:Kvng/RTH|review]]: rm specific case of first point
a wording (until the statement) +commas. checked URLs. (1 much-better archived page.)
grammar
Reverting possible vandalism by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-64435-3|~2026-64435-3]] to version by Citation bot. [[WP:CBFP|Report False Positive?]] Thanks, [[WP:CBNG|ClueBot NG]]. (4475738) (Bot)
talking about overheating on hardrive
Added bibcode. | [[:en:WP:UCB|Use this bot]]. [[:en:WP:DBUG|Report bugs]]. | Suggested by Abductive | #UCB_toolbar
/* Maintenance release */ remove commented editor name
[[User:Kvng/RTH|review]]: clarity
