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debug - 3 dictionary results

de⋅bug

[dee-buhg]
–verb (used with object), -bugged, -bug⋅ging. Informal.
1. to detect and remove defects or errors from.
2. to remove electronic bugs from (a room or building).
3. Computers. to detect and remove errors from (a computer program).
4. to rid (a garden, plant, etc.) of insect pests, as by the application of a pesticide.

Origin:
1940–45; de- + bug 1


de⋅bug⋅ger, noun
de·bug   (dē-bŭg')   
tr.v.   de·bugged, de·bug·ging, de·bugs
  1. To remove a hidden electronic device, such as a microphone, from: debug a conference room.
  2. To make (a hidden microphone, for example) ineffective.
  3. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in: debug a spacecraft before launch; debug a computer program.
  4. To remove insects from, as with a pesticide.
de·bug'ger n.

DEBUG software, tool
The bundled compiler/assembler for DOS/Windows after CP/M.
[Did CP/M have "DEBUG"?]
["DOS Power Tools, Techniques, Tricks, and Utilities, PC Magazine, Paul Somerson Executive Editor, Bantam Books, 1988].
(2003-06-17)

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