2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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schroedinbug
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/shrohdinbuhg/ , n. [MIT: from the Schroedinger's Cat thought-experiment in
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quantum physics] A design or implementation bug in a program that doesn't
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manifest until someone reading source or using the program in an unusual way
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notices that it never should have worked, at which point the program
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promptly stops working for everybody until fixed. Though (like bit rot )
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this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harbored latent
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schroedinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug , Bohr bug , mandelbug.
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