Bug or Glitch?

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#1  Edited By invadernick

What's the difference between the 2? And why is a bug called a bug?

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#2  Edited By zegolf

Here's an explination of the two, as they relate to programming:

As for why it's called a bug?  I believe it goes back to when computers were vacuum tubes and actual bugs would get into the machines and screw stuff up.  Don't quote me on that, though, unless it's right.
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#3  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator
@zegolf said:
" Here's an explination of the two, as they relate to programming:
As for why it's called a bug?  I believe it goes back to when computers were vacuum tubes and actual bugs would get into the machines and screw stuff up.  Don't quote me on that, though, unless it's right. "
The word bug comes from a famous occasion on which a computer broke down due to a moth getting into it and it was reported as "a bug in the machine".