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buggy
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buggy
Refers to software that contains many flaws. Many in the software industry swear that bugs are inevitable, and perhaps they are right. As long as we work in the competitive, pressure-cooker environment of our high-tech world, products will more often than not be developed too hastily and released too early. See bug and bugrade.
buggy
1. a light horse-drawn carriage having either four wheels (esp in the US and Canada) or two wheels (esp in Britain and India)
2. a small motorized vehicle designed for a particular purpose

buggy [′bəg·ē]
(engineering)
(mining engineering)
A four-wheeled steel car used for hauling coal to and from chutes.

buggy, concrete cart
A two-wheeled or four-wheeled cart, often motor-driven, usually rubber-tired, for transporting small quantities of concrete from hoppers or mixers to forms.


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Software's intrinsic bugginess is an emergent property of its complexity and has already been discussed.
Then they would compete on speed and on a variety of rapid application development tasks, including bugginess, features and elegance.
Apparently, Ashton-Tate's top management -- not just Esber -- feels the next release of dBase IV should ship soon despite a fair amount of residual bugginess ("but better than the industry average," according to marketing (vice-president Joe Brilando).
 
 
 
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