debug

CEFRB1

/diːˈbʌɡ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
verb
To find and fix problems in computer code.
02
verb
Extra detail
To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.
To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.

Extra meaning

The action, or a session, of reviewing source code to find and eliminate errors.

In context

It debugs all program errors, including those that are hardware initiated.
It ranged from the pre-design development of essential components, through the stage of type test and flight test and "debugging" right through to later development of the engine to higher powers and efficiency.
Additionally, it's up to you to remember to remove this cron entry when you've debugged the firewall.

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It ranged from the pre-design development of essential components, through the stage of type test and flight test and "debugging" right through to later development of the engine to higher powers and efficiency.
1945, The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, volume 49, page 183
It debugs all program errors, including those that are hardware initiated.
1970, Behavior Research Methods and Instrumentation, volume 2, page 36
Additionally, it's up to you to remember to remove this cron entry when you've debugged the firewall.
2015, Steve Suehring, Linux Firewalls: Enhancing Security with nftables and Beyond, page 140
Typical fees: $75 to check a particular telephone, $125 to debug one room, $500 to debug a suite of offices— all plus expenses and transportation.
1969, John Millar Carroll, The Third Listener: Personal Electronic Espionage, page 30
It conducts background investigations of new CIA employees and CIA contractors, administers polygraph tests to employees and agents, debugs offices at Langley and overseas stations, patrols the buildings and grounds, protects the director and other key CIA officials, and investigates security problems.
2012, Ronald Kessler, Inside the CIA, page 172

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From de- + bug.