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Debugging is a generalized term which essentially means to step through a process in order to systematically eliminate errors. It takes on several different meanings depending on what you are debugging:
In programming, debugging is done when undesirable program execution or termination occurs. IE you may be coding a financial package for a bank and find that your depreciation portion of your package is computing incorrectly. You would then debug your code to find your math error that is causing the incorrect computation.
In IPL (initial program load) of an operating system, you would debug certain drivers, start-up programs, etc to figure out why the OS does not boot properly.
In hardware (a bit of a stretch, but still) you might debug why a computer does not load at all by replacing memory, then trying the boot sequence, seeing if there is a change, remove network card, try boot sequence, no change, etc until the machine boots properly.
The term originates in the early days of computers when computers were large monstrosities constructed of large vacuum tubes. It was common for actual physical insects (bugs) to cause problems with the machines, hence you would "debug" (literally!) the computer.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoIf you mean the Debug command, it was a program included with MS-DOS. It would allow you to create small programs using machine code, execute ROM addresses on controller cards, and patch programs. It was an advanced programming tool and not intended for most end users.
In programming, debugging refers to troubleshooting software to discover why undesirable operations or mistakes are taking place or why the program crashes.
The term debugging comes from the early days of computing where lots of switches and vacuum tubes were used, and insects got into the switches. So literal bugs caused problems, and when the bugs were removed, the programs worked fine. Now, the term bug is more of a metaphorical concept, where the problem is not insects, but unintentional mistakes made by programmers.
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∙ 8y agoIn computer language, debugging is finding and removing "bugs" which cause the program to respond in a way that is not intended.
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How do you debug a program in visual basic?
Press the debug icon.
How do you get debug mode in sonic adventure dx?
how to get debug mode
What is the process of testing and eliminating errors in a program?
debug debug
Enumerate the 10 commands in debug?
At the programed of the Dos , I can give you example . Exp: requires the debug then, debug : a then we can see OAEA : 0100 so. the( a ) is a command in debug - sattam al-enazi
how to use debug in a sentence?
There was a glitch in my code that took me an hour to debug.
How do you get debug mode in sonic Erazor?
How do You get debug mode in Sonic Erazor Laptop
What does debug mean when opening an Excel spreadsheet?
To debug means to fix errors.
Get rid of Debug Menu on Pokemon Essentials?
in Pokemon essentials if you are making it you would test it and it will say debug but to get rid of it is to save what you have changed and go on my computer find it then when you go on menu it will not say debug (it will only say debug if you are on test)
How can you debug a C program in Unix?
You can debug C programs using gdb on Unix.
Do debug mode miss up your game?
No Debug Mode does not mess up your game.
How do you make your tamagotchi an adult?
you either have to wait or you can debug it. but you can only debug an American version tamagotchi.
A user types the enable command what task can be performed at the privilleged exec mode?
Issue show and debug commands
