Bug

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Bug or BUG can refer to:

[edit] Biology

• An insect of the order Hemiptera, also known as the "true bugs" (older taxonomies identify a suborder, Heteroptera).
• Any arthropod (excepting most crustaceans); includes insects, but also non-insects such as spiders and centipedes
• A microorganism that causes illness — a usage that derives from the superficial resemblance to an actual bug or insect when viewed through a microscope
• Bug, a hybrid dog that is a cross between a pug and a Boston terrier
• One of several species of slipper lobster, such as
  • Moreton Bay bug
  • Balmain bug

[edit] Technology

• Software bug, or a software defect
• Covert listening device, commonly used in espionage and in police investigations

[edit] Art and media

• Bug (play), a play by Tracy Letts
  • Bug (2006 film), a film adaptation of the play directed by William Friedkin
  • Bug (2006 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
• Bug (2002 film), comedy-drama about a chain of events begun by a boy squashing a bug
• Bug (1975 film), a film directed by Jeannot Szwarc in 1975
• Bug (Starship Troopers), a fictional alien race from the novel and film Starship Troopers
• Bug (Dinosaur Jr album), a 1988 album by Dinosaur Jr
• Bug (Dave Davies album), a 2002 album by Dave Davies
• BUG Magazine, Croatian magazine
• Bug! a video game
• A watermark-like digital on-screen graphic of a broadcaster's logo.
• "Bug," a song by Phish from their 2000 album Farmhouse
• Bug, a character in the Marvel comic book series The Micronauts
• The Bug, British experimental dancehall musician

[edit] Other

• Brooklyn Union Gas, now known as KeySpan Corporation
• Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
• A holdout device for a card cheat
• Western Bug, a river in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus
• Southern Bug, a river in Ukraine
• The Buginese language (ISO 639 code bug)
• Bicycle User Group, a group set up to promote cycling issues
• Bugler (rank), a rank of the U.S. Military

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