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'''Software bugs''' are errors in [[computer software]].
'''Software bugs''' are errors in [[computer software]].
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There are levels of bugs:
#Crashes the operating system - you lose all your unsaved work in all programs
#Crashes the program - you lose your unsaved work in that program
#Feature stops working or works wrong
#Feature is hard to find ("Can't get there from here") - feature exists, but poorly documented, so you can't find it.
* Some [[computer programmer]]s distinguish between [[coding error]]s and [[design flaw]]s, often using the half-joking justification, "That's not a bug. It's a [[feature]]!"
* Some [[computer programmer]]s distinguish between [[coding error]]s and [[design flaw]]s, often using the half-joking justification, "That's not a bug. It's a [[feature]]!"
* Often the distinction between a coding error, a design flaw and a feature request is disregarded. Indeed, [[Sun Microsystems]] maintains a [http://bugs.sun.com/ bug parade] for their [[Java]] platform which lets everyone in the world vote for a bug fix or feature request.
* Often the distinction between a coding error, a design flaw and a feature request is disregarded. Indeed, [[Sun Microsystems]] maintains a [http://bugs.sun.com/ bug parade] for their [[Java]] platform which lets everyone in the world vote for a bug fix or feature request.