Debug

/diːˈbʌɡ/ verb

To debug is to find and fix errors or problems, especially in computer programs.

It combines “de-,” meaning “remove,” with “bug,” which came to mean a technical fault or glitch in machinery. The use in computing became popular in the mid-20th century.

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