English Online Dictionary. What means debug? What does debug mean?
English
Etymology
From de- + bug.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːˈbʌɡ/
- (noun, also) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.bʌɡ/
- Rhymes: -ʌɡ
Verb
debug (third-person singular simple present debugs, present participle debugging, simple past and past participle debugged)
- (computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.
- (electronics) To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).
- (US) To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.
Synonyms
- (to search and remove errors in): diagnose, troubleshoot
- (to remove insects from): delouse
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
debug (countable and uncountable, plural debugs)
- The action, or a session, of reviewing source code to find and eliminate errors.
Anagrams
- Budge, budge