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There is a story, probably a myth, about "debuggeing".

Years ago computers are not like they are today with 1,000,000(s) of microscopic parts.
Before ICs, before transistors, there were tube and also relay computers.
A relay has mechanical switches. Pieces of metal that move to make contact.
They story said, the computer stopped working right. A bug had flown into a computer, probably to get worm. The bug had died and fallen into a relay. It dead body was stuck so the switch could not close.
The repair man removed the dead bug and the computer worded.
debuggeing= the act of removing a bug
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K S .. As you see its one of those terms there to confuse... Programmers sometimes don't get it right first ( or twenty-first) time , so the code is run on a physical system along side a monitoring program, ( and/or hardware interface) this can step or break the execution of the main program, the bugs or unexpected results can then be traced to problem code. sounds easy , but is not.
 
Debugging does not have to be software, but can be hardware, or automotive, or aircraft, or looking for errors/broken/missing in almost any field. Usually technology related fields. This word came from computer repair and spread from there.
 
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