Bug
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Template:Wiktionarypar Bug can mean many things:
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Zoology
- "True bug" in entomology, the order Hemiptera
- Bug, informally can mean any "creepy-crawly", insect, other arthropod, snail, or slug
- Edible crustacean; the Moreton Bay bug and Balmain bug in Australia, the common lobster in New England
- Pathogen, or the disease caused by one
- Bug (dog breed), crossbreed of Pug and Boston Terrier
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Technology
- Software bug, or software defect
- Covert listening device or device for telephone tapping
- Integrated circuit chip, for its buglike appearance
- Manually positioned marker in flight instruments
- A semi-automated telegraph key
- Volkswagen Beetle
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TV and Movie
- Bug (2006 film), (2006) psychological thriller, directed by William Friedkin.
- Bug (film), directed by Jeannot Szwarc in 1975
- Bug (Starship Troopers), a fictional alien race from the novel and movie Starship Troopers.
- TV broadcaster's logo superimposed on the screen; see Digital On-screen Graphic
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Music
- Bug a 1988 album by Dinosaur Jr.
- Bug a 2002 album by Dave Davies
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Gambling
- Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
- A card cheat's bug is a holdout device
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Public media
- BUG computer magazine, of Croatia
- Bug! and Bug Too! video games
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Geography
- Bug rivers: Western Bug in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus, and Southern Buh in Ukraine
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Other
- Obsession ("to catch the skiing bug")
- To bug someone is to be an annoyance
- Buginese language (ISO 639 code bug)
- B.U.G. - Bicycle User Group
- Bug-a fauld that appears in machines, see Glitch.