glitches

Noun

glitch (countable and uncountable, plural glitches)

1. (countable) A problem affecting function.
   • They are still trying to work out all the glitches.

   Synonyms:

   bug, hitch, imperfection, quirk, gremlin

2. (countable, informal) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
   • Another term we adopted to describe some of our problems was "glitch." Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical circuit which takes place when the circuit suddenly has a new load put on it. You have probably noticed a dimming of lights in your home when you turn a switch...1962, John Glenn, Into Orbit, London: Cassell
3. A bug or an exploit.
   • Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.
4. (uncountable) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
   • You can hear this in the contemporary genre of ‘glitch’, where artists like Oval and Fennesz make radically beautiful music using the snaps, crackles and pops emitted by damaged CDs, malfunctioning software, etc.2011, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise: 20 Years of Writing About Hip Rock and Hip Hop, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 313
5. (countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.

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