Bug
Overview
 
A bug is an insect of the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera
Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...

, known as the "true bugs".

Bug or BUG may also refer to:
  • Informally, most arthropod
    Arthropod
    An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton , a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others...

    s, except marine crustaceans, including individuals or species of
    • centipede
      Centipede
      Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of...

    • insect
      Insect
      Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...

    • millipede
      Millipede
      Millipedes are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment . Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one...

    • mite
      Mite
      Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...

    • scorpion
      Scorpion
      Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping claws and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger...

    • spider
      Spider
      Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

    • tick
      Tick
      Ticks are small arachnids in the order Ixodida, along with mites, constitute the subclass Acarina. Ticks are ectoparasites , living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians...

    • woodlouse
      Woodlouse
      A woodlouse is a crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs...

  • 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
      Balmain bug
      Ibacus peronii, the Balmain bug or butterfly fan lobster, is a species of slipper lobster. It lives in shallow waters around Australia and is the subject of small-scale fishery...

    • Moreton Bay bug
      Moreton Bay bug
      Thenus orientalis is a species of slipper lobster from the Indian and Pacific oceans.T. orientalis is known by a number of common names. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization prefers the name flathead lobster, while the official Australian name is Bay lobster...


Hardware bugs, errors in hardware with close affinity to software
  • Sandlin Bug
    Sandlin Bug
    |-See also:...

    , glider
  • Software bug
    Software bug
    A software bug is the common term used to describe an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result, or causes it to behave in unintended ways. Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by people in either a program's...

    , a software defect
  • Web bug
    Web bug
    A web bug is an object that is embedded in a web page or e-mail and is usually invisible to the user but allows checking that a user has viewed the page or e-mail. One common use is in e-mail tracking. Alternative names are web beacon, tracking bug, and tag or page tag...

    , a technique to track who has read a web page or e-mail
  • Covert listening device
    Covert listening device
    A covert listening device, more commonly known as a bug or a wire, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone. The use of bugs, called bugging, is a common technique in surveillance, espionage and in police investigations.A bug does not have to be a device...

    , or bug, commonly used in espionage and in police investigations

  • Bug (comics)
    Bug (comics)
    Bug is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Bug was originally a member of the Micronauts and is a current member of the Guardians of the Galaxy....

    , a character in the Marvel comic book series The Micronauts
  • "Bug" (Breaking Bad)
    Bug (Breaking Bad)
    "Bug" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 42nd overall episode of the series...

  • Bug (Starship Troopers)
    Bug (Starship Troopers)
    The Bugs are an extraterrestrial race in the novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, its film adaptation , sometimes also referred to as the Arachnids, although this is a misnomer, as the aliens are not related to Earth arachnids...

    , a fictional alien race from the novel and film Starship Troopers
  • Bobby "Bug" Guthrie, a character in the TV series Life Unexpected

  • Bug (1975 film)
    Bug (1975 film)
    Bug is a 1975 American horror film starring Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, and Richard Gilliland. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page, from Page's 1973 novel The Hephaestus Plague...

    , directed by Jeannot Szwarc
  • Bug (2002 film)
    Bug (2002 film)
    Bug is a 2002 American comedy film, directed by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. It was released on February 28, 2002.-Plot:An eclectic group of individuals in Silverlake, LA, are propelled by a series of cause-and-effect chain reactions to a common destiny....

    , a comedy-drama about a chain of events begun by a boy squashing a bug
  • Bug (2006 film)
    Bug (2006 film)
    Bug is a 2006 American horror/thriller directed by William Friedkin, and starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon and Harry Connick, Jr..The film is based on the play of the same name written by Tracy Letts.-Plot:...

    , an adaptation of the Tracy Letts' play, directed by William Friedkin

  • Bug (poker)
    Bug (poker)
    A bug in poker is a limited form of wild card. One or both jokers are often added to the deck and played as bugs.In draw poker played for high and pai gow poker, the bug is considered to be an ace, unless it can be used as a missing card to complete a straight or a flush, in which case it becomes...

    , a restricted wild card
  • Bug!
    Bug!
    Bug! was a 3D rendered platform/adventure video game developed by Realtime Associates for the Sega Saturn. Released in 1995 in North America, Japan and Europe, it was one of the earliest 3D platform games...

    , a video game
  • A holdout
    Holdout
    In gambling jargon, a holdout is any of numerous accessories used by cheats to help them "hold-out" a card during a game. Some holdout devices are extremely simple and require moderate or advanced manipulative skill to be used properly...

     device for a card cheat

  • BUG (magazine)
    BUG (magazine)
    BUG is a Croatian monthly computer and information technology magazine established in 1992. Published by the BUG publishing company, it is currently the most popular computer magazine in the country and focused primarily on PC hardware and software technology. The magazine also includes a section...

    , a Croatian magazine
  • Bug (play)
    Bug (play)
    Bug is a play by American playwright Tracy Letts. It was adapted into a film in 2006.- Synopsis :Most of the play takes place in a seedy motel room. Lonely cocktail waitress Agnes lives there, hiding from her violent ex-con ex-husband Jerry Goss. One night, her lesbian biker friend R.C. introduces...

    , by Tracy Letts

  • Bug (2006 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
  • Bug (Dave Davies album)
    Bug (Dave Davies album)
    Bug is a solo album by Dave Davies , 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.
Quotations

Paranoia is contagious.

First they send in their drone... then they find their queen.

They live in your blood... and they feed on your brain.

Bob Neill - pizza Harris

 
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