Bug

Bug can mean many things:

Zoology

• "True bug" in entomology, the order Hemiptera
• Bug, informally, can mean any "creepy-crawly": an insect or spider, any other arthropod, a snail or slug, or whatever other invertebrate a squeamish person would prefer to have squished.
• 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

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

TV and Movie

• Bug (2006 film), (2006) psychological thriller, directed by William Friedkin.
• Bug (film), a 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

Sauce

• Commonly eaten for dinner

Music

• Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album), a 1988 album by Dinosaur Jr
• Bug (Dave Davies album), a 2002 album by Dave Davies

Gambling

• Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
• A card cheat's bug is a holdout device

Public media

• BUG Magazine, Croatian magazine
• Bug! and Bug Too! video games

Rivers

• Western Bug, a river in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus
• Southern Buh, a river in Ukraine

Bug may also refer to:

• 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