Debugging

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[edit] General

The process of writing software is more of an art than a rigid "cookbook" of writing simple things down on paper. Because of the complexity of the systems the opportunity for making an error is very high. The errors introduced into a system are called Bugs The process of removing errors is called Debugging.

So, this is a term for a process that can be described in several different ways. Some of them are:

• A process with the intent of isolating and removing errors in a software (or hardware) system.
• The process of removing "features" that were not in the original specifications of the system.
• The process that is used to exchange a known set of flaws in software for a brand-new set of unknown defects.

[edit] Synonyms

• Debug

[edit] Also See

• Working As Designed (WAD)
• C++