:misbug: /mis-buhg/ [MIT] n. An unintended property of a program
that turns out to be useful; something that should have been a
{bug} but turns out to be a {feature}. Usage: rare. Compare
{green lightning}. See {miswart}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
that turns out to be useful; something that should have been a
{bug} but turns out to be a {feature}. Usage: rare. Compare
{green lightning}. See {miswart}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- misbug /mis-buhg/ n.
[MIT; rare (like its referent)]
An unintended property of a program that turns out to be useful;
something that should have been a bug but turns out... - feature n.
1. [common] A good property or behavior (as
of a program).
Whether it was intended or not is immaterial. 2... - schroedinbug: /shroh'din-buhg/ [MIT: from the Schroedinger's Cat
thought-experiment in quantum physics] n.
A design or implementation bug in a program that... - miswart: /mis-wort/ [from {wart} by analogy with {misbug}] n.
A {feature} that superficially appears to be a {wart}... - BUG [from telephone terminology, "bugs in a telephone cable",
blamed for noisy lines.] n. An unwanted and unintended... - green lightning: [IBM] n. 1. Apparently random flashing streaks on
the face of 3278-9 terminals while a new symbol set is being
downloaded.
This hardware bug was left deliberately unfixed, as... - heisenbug: /hi:'zen-buhg/ [from Heisenberg's Uncertainty
Principle in quantum physics] n.
A bug that disappears or alters its behavior when... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - wart: n. A small, {crock}y {feature} that sticks out of an
otherwise {clean} design.
Something conspicuous for localized ugliness, especially...
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