debug
verb (used with object)
to detect and remove defects or errors from.
debugger
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a word derived from
debug.
Example Sentences
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He was a good debugger; the key to finding bugs was getting to the bottom of things.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
For those inclined to credit Babbage, rather than Lovelace, with the computer program in Section G, Lovelace is still indisputably the world’s first debugger.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 7, 2011
“If you look at the code in a debugger you see patterns that jump out at you,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2010
Node:rotary debugger, Next:round tape, Previous:rot13, Up:= R = rotary debugger n.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
The other program that Dennis worked on with Stockman was something even newer—a debugger.
From Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution Chapters 1 and 2 by Steven Levy
