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debugger

UK/diːˈbʌɡə(ɹ)/

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Northern England/diːˈbʊɡə/

debugger noun: a computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.

Noun

debugger (plural debuggers)

  1. A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.
    • 6. Memorandum PDP-23, ID Invisible Debugger, August 20, 1964.1965 January 15, J. B. Dennis, “Computer Research”, in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics. Quarterly Progress Report, no. 76, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Research...
    • Invisible Debugger, commonly referred to as ID, a utility program in the PDP-1 time sharing system written to aid in the debugging of other programs. An advanced ID has been written (April, 1966) to allow all operations to be carried out either directly on drum fields or on running cores.1966 May 20, MIT Electrical Engineering Department, chapter ID, in PDP-23-1, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2011, page 1

debugger meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese

debugger in Tamil

வழுநீக்கி

debugger in Malay

computer program
penyahpepijat

debugger in Indonesian

computer program
pengawakutu, perunut

debugger in Vietnamese

computer program
trình gỡ lỗi

Examples of debugger in a sentence

  • A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
  • Protected programs implement various measures of counteraction against debuggers, disassemblers, dumpers, and other hacker tools.
  • Walkbacks, inspectors, and debuggers are the heart of Smalltalk's debugging facilities.

All 10 example sentences with debugger

Forms of debugger

pluraldebuggers

Origin of debugger

From debug + -er.

Words formed from debugger

Words that rhyme with debugger

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Questions about debugger

What does debugger mean?
Debugger means a computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.
What is debugger in Tamil?
Debugger in Tamil is வழுநீக்கி. See Debugger meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is debugger?
Debugger is a noun.
How do you pronounce debugger?
Debugger is pronounced /diːˈbʌɡə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of debugger?
The plural of debugger is debuggers.

Words near debugger in the dictionary

  1. debuggability
  2. debuggable
  3. debugged
  4. debuggee
  5. debuggees
  6. debugger
  7. debuggers
  8. debugging
  9. debuggings
  10. debugs
  11. Debulgarization

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