Bug

Bug is an informal term for a small insect or land-dwelling arthropod.

It may also refer to:

Places

• Bug (Rügen), in Germany
• Bug, Iran, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
• Bug, Kentucky, US
• Bug River, in Poland, Ukraine and Belarus
• Busan–Gyeongnam Area or BUG, a metropolitan area in South Korea
• Southern Bug River, in Ukraine

People

• Bug Hall (born 1985), American actor, acting teacher and musician
• Bug Holliday (1867–1910), baseball player
• The Bug, a recording alias for UK musician Kevin Martin

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

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

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
• "Bug" (Breaking Bad), a 2011 television episode

Gaming

• Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
• Bug, a holdout (gambling), device used for cheating in gambling
• Bug, a type in the Pokémon video game franchise, created in 1996
• Bug!, a 1995 video game
• Bughouse chess

Literature and publications

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

Music

Albums and soundtracks

• Bug (Dave Davies album), a solo album by Dave Davies (best known as lead guitarist and co-founder of British rock band The Kinks), released in May 2002. It was his fourth true solo studio album, almost 20 years after the release of his third effort Chosen People
• Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album), the third album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in October 1988 through SST Records
• Bug (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the eponymous 2006 film

Songs

• "Bug", a song by Phish from their 2000 album Farmhouse
• "Bug", a song by Feeder, from their album Echo Park
• "Bug", a song by Lower Than Atlantis from World Record
• "The Bug", a 1993 song by Dire Straits

Biology

• Bug, a pathogen, any microorganism that causes illness (slang)
• Bug, one of several species of slipper lobster, such as
  • Balmain bug
  • Moreton Bay bug
• Bugs, insects of the order Hemiptera (or sometimes its suborder Heteroptera), known as "true bugs"
• Dudley Bug, a trilobite

Organizations

• Bicycle User Group, a group set up to promote cycling issues
• Brooklyn Union Gas, now known as KeySpan Corporation
• Bug AS, a full service production company based in Norway

Technology

• Bug, a Morse key design by Vibroplex
• Bug, a digital on-screen graphic of a broadcaster's logo
• Covert listening device, or bug, commonly used in espionage and in police investigations
• Software bug, or hardware bug (defect)
• Web bug, a tracking object embedded in a web page or e-mail

Transportation

• Sandlin Bug, a glider (sailplane) design
• Volkswagen Beetle, an automobile

Other uses

• Bug, slang word meaning to annoy or nag someone
• Bug, slang word, e.g., "to put a bug in someone's ear", to influence someone, or to advocate for an idea or cause
• Buginese language (ISO 639 code "bug")
• Union label, advertising that workers who make a product or provide a service are unionized

See also

• Bugg (disambiguation)
• Bugged (disambiguation)
• Bugs (disambiguation)