A code change that corrects a defect or error in software functionality. Unlike feature development, bugfixes restore intended behavior rather than adding new capabilities.
Compound of 'bug' (from Admiral Grace Hopper's 1947 computer moth incident, though 'bug' meaning 'defect' existed earlier) and 'fix' from Latin 'fixus.' The combined term became standard in programming culture by the 1970s.
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