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antibugging

antibugging adjective: opposing or countering bugging (covert surveillance).

Adjective

antibugging (not comparable)

  1. Opposing or countering bugging (covert surveillance).
    • Across the table was Rainer Melucci, whose expertise in electronic eavesdropping protection and antibugging services took him into the home of Tom Cruise in Los Angeles and the offices of the Church of Scientology.2008 March 24, Lily Koppel, “On the Lam? Don’t Stumble In on This Bunch”, in New York Times

Noun

antibugging (uncountable)

  1. The strategy of writing code so as to minimise the possibility of error.
    • They were convinced that the error-checking and antibugging that I was suggesting would far exceed the capacity of their machine.1975, Edward Yourdon, Techniques of program structure and design

Origin of antibugging

From anti- + bugging.

Questions about antibugging

What does antibugging mean?
Antibugging means opposing or countering bugging (covert surveillance).
What part of speech is antibugging?
Antibugging can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antibugging in the dictionary

  1. antibubonic
  2. antibudget
  3. antibuffalo
  4. antibug
  5. antibuggery
  6. antibugging
  7. antibulimic
  8. antibullet
  9. antibullfight
  10. antibullfighting
  11. antibullionist

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