Bug

Bug may refer to:

Biology

• Informally, an insect, spider or other small pest other than a rodent; including most arthropods, except marine crustaceans, including individuals or species of
  • centipede
  • millipede
  • mite
  • tick
  • woodlouse
• Specifically, an insect of the order Hemiptera, known as the "true bugs".
• Bacterium or any microorganism that causes illness and has a superficial resemblance to an insect, or bug, 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
  • Balmain bug
  • Moreton Bay bug

Geography

• Bug River, in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus
• Southern Bug River, in Ukraine

Technology

• Covert listening device, or bug, commonly used in espionage and in police investigations
• The Volkswagen Beetle - (nickname) for the automobile
• Computer bug, often divided into:
  • Software bug, a software defect
  • Hardware bugs, errors in hardware with close affinity to software
• Web bug, a technique to track who has read a web page or e-mail
• Sandlin Bug, glider

Art and media

In characters

• Bug (comics), a character in the Marvel comic book series The Micronauts
• "Bug" (Breaking Bad)
• Bug (Starship Troopers), a fictional alien race from the novel and film Starship Troopers
• Bobby "Bug" Guthrie, a character in the TV series Life Unexpected

In films and television

• Bug (1975 film), directed by Jeannot Szwarc
• Bug (2002 film), a comedy-drama about a chain of events begun by a boy squashing a bug
• Bug (2006 film), an adaptation of the Tracy Letts' play, directed by William Friedkin

In gaming

• Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
• Bug!, a video game
• A holdout device for a card cheat

In literature and publications

• BUG (magazine), a Croatian magazine
• Bug (play), by Tracy Letts

In music

• Bug (2006 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
• Bug (Dave Davies album)
• Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album)
• "Bug", a song by Phish from their 2000 album Farmhouse (album)
• "Bug", a song by Welsh alternative rock band Feeder, from their album Echo Park (album)
• The Bug, one of several projects led by Kevin Martin (British musician)

Other uses

• Bug AS, a full service production company based in Norway
• A distinctive logo or symbol, such as a watermark-like digital on-screen graphic of a broadcaster's logo

In acronyms

• Bicycle User Group, a group set up to promote cycling issues
• Brooklyn Union Gas, now known as KeySpan Corporation

Other

• Buginese language, ISO 639 code "bug"

See also

• Bugged (disambiguation)