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Meaning of bug

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bug
      n 1: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling
           invertebrate
      2: a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
         [syn: {bug}, {glitch}]
      3: a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
      4: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and
         leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
         [syn: {hemipterous insect}, {bug}, {hemipteran},
         {hemipteron}]
      5: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium);
         the term is not in technical use [syn: {microbe}, {bug},
         {germ}]
      v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
           his stammer" [syn: {tease}, {badger}, {pester}, {bug},
           {beleaguer}]
      2: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The
         FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is
         this hotel room bugged?" [syn: {wiretap}, {tap}, {intercept},
         {bug}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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