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heisenbugs

heisenbugs is the plural of heisenbug.

Meaning of heisenbug

Noun

heisenbug (plural heisenbugs)

  1. A software bug which fails to manifest itself or manifests differently during debugging.
    • I recently encountered a particularly infuriating Heisenbug. A large program, when given a large input, was just mysteriously dying. Of course, I ran it under the debugger. The mystery deepened: the program returned quietly to the debugger.1987 January 4, Don Lindsay, “More Heisen-debugs”, in RISKS Digest, volume 4, number 36

Noun capitalized: Heisenbugs

Heisenbugs

  1. (plural) plural of Heisenbug; alternative spelling of heisenbug.

Questions about heisenbugs

What is heisenbugs the plural of?
Heisenbugs is the plural of heisenbug.
What part of speech is heisenbugs?
Heisenbugs is a noun.

Words near heisenbugs in the dictionary

  1. Heisenberg uncertainty principle
  2. Heisenberg's principle
  3. Heisenbergian
  4. Heisenbergians
  5. heisenbug
  6. heisenbugs
  7. Heiser
  8. Heiserman
  9. Heisermans
  10. Heisers
  11. Heises

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