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'''Bugs''' are what you don't want, whether they are natural pests (like insects) or flaws in a human-engineered product.
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A '''Bug''' is a colloquial term for a natural pest (most commonly for insects but can also mean germs as in "coming down with a stomach bug") or flaws in a human-engineered product like a computer.
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Historically, people have referred to [[insect]]s and [[spider]]s as "bugs". It's not clear whether this derives from the phrase, "They bug me", or it's the other way round.
'''Software bugs''' are errors in [[computer software]].
'''Software bugs''' are errors in [[computer software]].