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What is Bug/Defect?

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What is Bug/Defect?

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Simple Wikipedia definition of Bug is: “A computer bug is an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program that prevents it from working correctly or produces an incorrect result. Bugs arise from mistakes and errors, made by people, in either a program’s source code or its design.” Other definitions can be: An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, especially one that causes it to malfunction. or A fault in a program, which causes the program to perform in an unintended or unanticipated manner. Lastly the general definition of bug is: “failure to conform to specifications”. If you want to detect and resolve the defect in early development stage, defect tracking and software development phases should start simultaneously. We will discuss more on Writing effective bug report in another article. Let’s concentrate here on bug/defect life cycle. Life cycle of Bug: 1) Log new defect When tester logs any new bug the mandatory fields are: Build vers