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software bug

error, flaw, failure or fault in a computer program/system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result or causes it to behave in unintended ways
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software bug

Summary

software bug is a type of error[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of type_of_error entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (975 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • software bug's instance of is recorded as type of error[3].
  • software bug's instance of is recorded as failure mode[4].
  • Baffle Ball is named after software bug[5].
  • Heterocera is named after software bug[6].
  • software bug is a type of computer error[7].
  • software bug is a type of IT risk[8].
  • software bug's Commons category is recorded as Computer bugs[9].
  • software bug is the opposite of software feature[10].
  • software bug's has cause is recorded as human error[11].
  • software bug's has cause is recorded as oversight[12].
  • software bug's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software bugs[13].
  • software bug's has effect is recorded as software problem[14].
  • software bug's has effect is recorded as operational risk[15].
  • software bug's different from is recorded as technical limitation[16].
  • software bug's different from is recorded as hardware bug[17].
  • software bug's different from is recorded as glitch[18].
  • software bug's P6009 is recorded as 24864[19].
  • software bug's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as Q845566[20].
  • software bug's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as software update[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of error[3] and failure mode[4]. Recorded subclass of include computer error[7] and IT risk[8]. software bug is the opposite of software feature[10].

Origins

Things named after include Baffle Ball[5], a pinball machine game[22], founded in 1931[23] and Heterocera[6], a taxon[24].

Influence

Things named for software bug include Ermac[25], a video game character[26] and heisenbug[27].

Why It Matters

software bug ranks in the top 9% of type_of_error entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (975 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include Ermac[25], a video game character[26] and heisenbug[27].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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