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software bugA problem that causes a program to produce invalid output or to crash (lock up). The problem is either insufficient logic or erroneous logic. For example, a program can crash if there are not enough validity checks performed on the input or on the calculations themselves, and the computer attempts to divide by zero. Bad instruction logic misdirects the computer to a place in the program where an instruction does not exist, and it crashes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With mission critical information becoming Web-enabled, and the power of automatic attack engines used by hackers growing rapidly, the probability of being attacked through a hole or programming bug is 100%. Fundamental forces driving the computer equipment, software, and services industries are very strong and are reinforced by the huge one-time investments required to fix the Y2K programming bug and to implement the Euro currency in 1999. Yet this threat probably is a bit exaggerated, especially as compared to a programming bug that comes along only once in 1,000 years, and so tends to be downplayed, overlooked or even completely ignored. |
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