Definizione monolingua

bug

bug (third-person singular simple present bugs, present participle bugging, simple past and past participle bugged)

1. (informal, transitive) To annoy.

   Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

2. (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

   We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.

bug (plural bugs)

1. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the ""true bugs"").
2. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

   These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

3. Various species of marine crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug.
4. A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

   The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 5.

5. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it

   He’s got the flu bug.

6. An enthusiasm for something; an obsession

   I think he’s a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.

   to catch the skiing bug

7. An electronic intercept device

   We installed a bug in her telephone

8. A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

   He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

9. A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it

   Channel 4s bug distracted Jim from his favorite show

10. (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments
11. A semi-automated telegraph key
    • 1938, Paul Gallico, Farewell to Sport, p257

      At this point your telegraph operator, sitting at your right, goes ""Ticky-tick-tickety-de-tick-tick,"" with his bug, as he calls his transmitter, and looks at you expectantly.

    • 1942, Arthur Reinhold Nilson, Radio Code Manual, p134

      As far as the dashes are concerned, the bug is the same in operation as any regular key would be if it were turned up on edge instead of sitting flat on the desk.

    • 1986, E. L. Doctorow, Worlds Fair, p282

      I was a very good radio operator. I bought my own bug. Thats what the telegraph key in its modern form was called. It was semiautomatic.

Definizione dizionario bug

	insetto
	an insect of the order Hemiptera

	cimice
	an insect of the order Hemiptera
	an electronic listening device

	bacarozzo
	a colloquial name for insect

	batterio
	contagious illness, bacteria, virus

	errore
	problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)

	malfunzionamento
	problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)

	morbo
	an enthusiasm for something

	virus
	contagious illness, bacteria, virus

	bug
	A type of work item that records a potential source of dissatisfaction with the product. The common name of a work item type for tracking code defects.

	cimici
	Any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts, specialized as a beak. (Source: CED)

	infastidire
	to annoy

	intercettare
	to install an electronic listening device in

	logo
	a small image placed in a corner of a television program

	mania
	an enthusiasm for something

	microspia
	an electronic listening device

	passione
	an enthusiasm for something

	rete
	a small image placed in a corner of a television program

	scocciare
	to annoy

	spiare
	to install an electronic listening device in

baco

buco

curiosità

difetto

errore di programma

germe

installare un microfono spia

larva

logo della rete

microfono spia

mosca

moscerino

origliare

scarafaggio

verme

Altri significati:

(informal, transitive) To annoy.

A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").

A semi-automated telegraph key

Various species of marine crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug.

A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

(colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

(aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments

A problem in computer software or hardware or in electronic hardware in general.

A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it

An enthusiasm for something; an obsession

(computer) bug

interception (email)

An electronic intercept device