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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>misbug</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="MIPS.html" title="MIPS"/><link rel="next" href="misfeature.html" title="misfeature"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">misbug</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MIPS.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="misfeature.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="misbug"/><dt xmlns="" id="misbug"><b>misbug</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/mis·buhg/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [MIT; rare (like its referent)] An unintended property of a program
that turns out to be useful; something that should have been a
<a href="../B/bug.html"><i class="glossterm">bug</i></a> but turns out to be a
<a href="../F/feature.html"><i class="glossterm">feature</i></a>. Compare
<a href="../G/green-lightning.html"><i class="glossterm">green lightning</i></a>. See <a href="miswart.html"><i class="glossterm">miswart</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MIPS.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="misfeature.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">MIPS </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> misfeature</td></tr></table></div></body></html>