The term “bug” is not very precise

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The term “bug” is not very precise

Error: mistake made by the developer; located in people’s heads.

Fault: an error in a program. An error may lead to one or more faults.

Failure: execution of faulty code may lead to one or more failures. Failures are found by comparing the actual output with the expected output.

Many people still call it a “bug”!

Print | posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 8:24 PM

Comments on this post

# re: The term “bug” is not very precise

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Left by devasish on Aug 24, 2004 9:30 PM

# re: The term “bug” is not very precise

Bugs are named thus to bug the developer!!

Left by Bugger on Sep 15, 2004 2:40 AM

# re: The term “bug” is not very precise

"Bug" is a undefined and unexpected behaviour of the software. The term "undefined" is the behavior which is not described as requirement in Functional or Requirement specification of a document.
The term "unexpected" is the implicit, intended and wanted requirement of the SW which is not exactly documented

Left by Debanjan Ray on Sep 21, 2004 9:09 PM