debugging

Speech parts

1. debugging - Noun

2. debugging - Verb

Meaning

debugging (plural debuggings)

(computing) The process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system.

debugging

present participle and gerund of debug

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

design developed development treatment focus resolution preparation resolve focusing cleaning clearance purification fixing purge purify

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Antonyms

blight damage maintain decline destroy disorder

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Phrases with the word

debugging tool debugging with attributed record formats in-circuit debugging

Examples

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. Brian Kernighan

The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements. Brian Kernighan

If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. Edsger W. Dijkstra

There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers. Steven Levy

Even perfect program verification can only establish that a program meets its specification. [...] Much of the essence of building a program is in fact the debugging of the specification. Fred Brooks

Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? Brian Kernighan

Close letter words and terms

debugged debuggee debugger debugging tool debugging with attributed record formats debulition