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{{wiktionary|Bug|bug}}
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'''Bug''' or '''BUG''' may refer to:
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==Common uses== <!-- at the top-->
* A terrestrial [[arthropod]] animal (with at least six legs)
** [[Insect]], a six-legged arthropod
***[[Hemiptera]], the true bugs
* A colloquialism for any [[minibeast]] including arthropods, [[gastropods]] and [[worm]]s
* [[Covert listening device]], used in surveillance and espionage
* [[Bug (engineering)]], a defect in an engineered system
** [[Software bug]]
** [[Hardware bug]]
** [[BUG (tag)]], a computer programming comment tag
*[[Pathogen]], colloquially


==Arts, entertainment and media==
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===Fictional entities===
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* [[Bug (comics)]], a superhero in Marvel comics
The word '''''bug''''' has a number of senses in English. In [[American English]] is usually used to describe very small animals (such as [[insect]]s, [[spider]]s, [[snail]]s, [[slug]]s, etc.). (In [[British English]] the words 'creepy crawlies' are often used.) From this meaning stem many others.
* [[Bug (Starship Troopers)|Bug (''Starship Troopers'')]], an alien race from the novel and film
* Bug, [[Michael Lee (The Wire)|Michael Lee]]'s younger brother in ''The Wire''
* Bug, in the TV series ''[[WordWorld]]''
* [[Bobby "Bug" Guthrie]], in the TV series ''Life Unexpected''


===Film and television===
==Zoology==
* [[Bug (1975 film)|''Bug'' (1975 film)]], an American horror film
* Technically, '''bug''' is a precise scientific term that refers to [[insect]]s of the order [[Hemiptera]], which have mouthpieces adapted for piercing and sucking, contained in a beak-like structure known as a rostrum. The term ''true bugs'' is often used to avoid ambiguity.
* [[Bug (2002 film)|''Bug'' (2002 film)]], an American comedy film
* '''Bug''' is often used in vernacular to refer generally to any small, terrestrial [[arthropod]], sometimes taken to include creatures like snails and slugs as well. Since such insects are often irritating and frustrating ([[mosquito]]es, [[fly|flies]] and [[cockroach]]es being prime examples of such), this word has also come to refer to something which is irritating or frustrating. For instance, a person might say someone (or a problem) is "bugging" (irritating or frustrating) them.
* [[Bug (2006 film)|''Bug'' (2006 film)]], a psychological horror film adaptation of the Tracy Letts play
* '''Bug''' is a term used in Australia as a name for two species of edible [[crustacean]]s of the family [[Slipper lobster|Scyllaridae]], the [[Moreton Bay bug]] (''Thenus orientalis'') and the [[Balmain bug]] (''Ibacus peronii''). The same term is occasionally used in [[New England]] to refer to the common [[lobster]]s eaten there.
* ''Bug'', a 2017 film starring [[Gene Jones (actor)|Gene Jones]]
* Since it refers to small animals, the term '''bug''' is also occasionally (and inaccurately) used to refer to microscopic life forms and [[virus]]es. Somebody might refer to having caught the "pneumonia bug", for instance.
* [[Bug (Breaking Bad)|"Bug" (''Breaking Bad'')]], a 2011 TV episode


==Technology==
===Gaming===
* [[Bug (poker)]], a limited form of wild card
* A further extension of the sense of "small lifeforms" is to small [[surveillance]] devices. This can be seen as an extension of the existing meaning of something which is small and irritating (the possible presence of [[surveillance bug]]s acts as a detriment to free speech in any context). Alternatively, a bugging device could also be likened to a "fly on the wall" - another kind of bug. See [[bugging]].
* Bug, a [[Gameplay of Pokémon|''Pokémon'' type]]
* In computing, a bug is an unwanted behavior of a computer program or electronic device. More specific terms are [[failure]] or [[defect]]. See [[computer bug]] or [[debugging]].
* ''[[Bug!]]'', a 1995 video game
* In a [[flight instruments|flight instrument]], a '''bug''' is a manually positioned marker or pointer which is set to remind the pilot where the needle on the instrument should be pointing. This avoids the need to hold settings in memory, allowing the pilot to simply keep the needle aligned with the bug. The term may have arisen because of the superficial similarity to the appearance of an insect.
* [[Bughouse chess]], or bug, a chess variant played on two boards
* In [[television]], a '''[[Bug (television)|bug]]''' is a [[TV station]] or [[TV network]] [[logo]] superimposed on the screen as a [[watermark]] over programming, usually in the lower right corner of the [[video]] screen. Also see [[Digital On-screen Graphic]].


==Gambling==
===Music===
====Albums====
* In [[gambling]] [[jargon]], a '''bug''' is a small [[holdout]] device that can secretly be attached at the underside of the [[card table]] for the purpose of cheating. A card cheat will use a bug to conceal extra cards under the table for further use.
* [[Bug (Dave Davies album)|''Bug'' (Dave Davies album)]], 2002
* In some variants of [[poker]], the '''[[bug (poker)|bug]]''' is a restricted [[wild card (poker)|wild card]], which can either represent an [[ace]] or fill a gap in a [[straight (poker)|straight]] or [[flush (poker)|flush]].
* [[Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album)|''Bug'' (Dinosaur Jr. album)]], 1988
* [[Bug (soundtrack)|''Bug'' (soundtrack)]], of the 2006 film


==Geography==
====Songs====
* "Bug", a song by Feeder from the 2001 album ''[[Echo Park (album)|Echo Park]]''
*See [[Bug (river)]].
* "Bug", a song by Lower Than Atlantis from the 2011 album ''[[World Record (Lower Than Atlantis album)|World Record]]''
* "Bug", a song by Phish from the 2000 album ''[[Farmhouse (album)|Farmhouse]]''
* "[[The Bug]]", a 1992 song by Dire Straits


===Other uses in arts, entertainment and media===
==Other==
* [[BUG (magazine)|''BUG'' (magazine)]], a Croatian magazine
* To '''bug''' someone is a synonym for [[annoying]] someone.
* [[Bug (play)|''Bug'' (play)]], by Tracy Letts, 1993
*One can catch a '''bug''' for something they have discovered they enjoy and suddenly want to do all the time; for instance, "a skiing bug"

* '''Bug''' is a name for a special kind of semi-automated [[Morse code]] key originally manufactured by the [[Vibroplex]] company.
==Businesses and organizations==
* '''Bug''' is a common [[nickname]] for the [[VW Beetle]].
* [[Bicycle User Group]], a group set up to promote cycling issues
* '''Bug''' is the name of two rivers in eastern [[Europe]], the [[Western Bug|Western]] and [[Southern Bug]]

* '''''[[BUG computer magazine|BUG]]''''' is [[computer magazine]] published in [[Croatia]].
==People==
*A '''Bug''' is a [[mixed-breed dog]]. It is the result of the breeding of a [[Pug]] and a [[Boston Terrier]].
*[[Bug (movie)]] was directed by [[Jeannot Szwarc]] in 1975.
* [[Bug Hall]] (born 1985), an American actor
* [[Bug Holliday]] (1867–1910), an American baseball player
*'''''[[Bugs (Television Programme)]]''''' was a British television drama series which ran for four seasons from April 1995 to August 1999.
* [[Bug Howard]] (born 1994), an American football player
*'''[[Bugs Bunny]]''' is a well-known cartoon character.
* [[Amy Bug]], American physicist
* [[Enric Bug]] (born 1957), pseudonym Bug Rogers, a Spanish comic book artist and industrial designer
* [[The Bug (musician)]], a recording alias for British musician Kevin Martin

==Places==
* [[Bug (river)]] or Western Bug, a river in Poland, Ukraine and Belarus
* [[Southern Bug]], Southern Buh or Boh, a river in Ukraine
* [[Bug (Rügen)]], a spit and former village on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
* [[Bug, Kentucky]], a settlement in Clinton County, Kentucky, in the United States
* [[Bag, Qasr-e Qand]], also called Būg, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

==Science and technology==
* [[Slipper lobster]] (Scyllaridae), a number of species of which are called "bug"
* Bug, a [[digital on-screen graphic]] of a broadcaster's logo
* Bug, a Morse key design by [[Vibroplex]]
* [[Web beacon]] or web bug, a tracking object embedded in a web page or e-mail

==Transportation==
* [[Bond Bug]], a British three-wheeled car
* [[Dudly Bug]], an early gas-powered cyclecar
* [[Sandlin Bug]], an American ultralight glider design
* [[Volkswagen Beetle]], an automobile nicknamed "Bug"
* [[Bug railway station]], in Pakistan
* Bagaha railway station, Bihar, a [[List of railway stations in India|railway station in India]], station code BUG
* [[Burgess Hill railway station]], a railway station in Sussex, England

==Other uses==
* [[Buginese language]], ISO 639 language code bug
* [[The Bug (horse)]] (1943–1963), an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse


==See also==
==See also==
{{srt}}
* [[bugger]]
* [[Bugg (disambiguation)]]
* [[Bugged (disambiguation)]]
* [[Bugs (disambiguation)]]
* [[Annoyance]], an unpleasant mental state
* [[Pathogen]], an organism that causes disease
* [[Dudley Bug]], an extinct trilobite
* [[Debugging]], in computer programming and software development
* [[Union label]] or union bug, a label marking a product made by union workers

{{disambiguation|geo}}

Latest revision as of 18:31, 18 April 2024

Look up Bug or bug in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Bug or BUG may refer to:

Common uses[edit]

Arts, entertainment and media[edit]

Fictional entities[edit]

Film and television[edit]

Gaming[edit]

Music[edit]

Albums[edit]

Songs[edit]

  • "Bug", a song by Feeder from the 2001 album Echo Park
  • "Bug", a song by Lower Than Atlantis from the 2011 album World Record
  • "Bug", a song by Phish from the 2000 album Farmhouse
  • "The Bug", a 1992 song by Dire Straits

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media[edit]

Businesses and organizations[edit]

People[edit]

  • Bug Hall (born 1985), an American actor
  • Bug Holliday (1867–1910), an American baseball player
  • Bug Howard (born 1994), an American football player
  • Amy Bug, American physicist
  • Enric Bug (born 1957), pseudonym Bug Rogers, a Spanish comic book artist and industrial designer
  • The Bug (musician), a recording alias for British musician Kevin Martin

Places[edit]

  • Bug (river) or Western Bug, a river in Poland, Ukraine and Belarus
  • Southern Bug, Southern Buh or Boh, a river in Ukraine
  • Bug (Rügen), a spit and former village on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
  • Bug, Kentucky, a settlement in Clinton County, Kentucky, in the United States
  • Bag, Qasr-e Qand, also called Būg, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Science and technology[edit]

Transportation[edit]

Other uses[edit]

See also[edit]

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