ALL meanings of glitch
glitch
G g - noun glitch pulsar rotation 1
- noun glitch a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan. 1
- noun glitch Computers. any error, malfunction, or problem. Compare bug1 (def 5). 1
- noun glitch a brief or sudden interruption or surge in voltage in an electric circuit. 1
- verb with object glitch to cause a glitch in: an accident that glitched our plans. 1
- noun glitch A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment. 1
- noun Technical meaning of glitch /glich/ [German "glitschen" to slip, via Yiddish "glitshen", to slide or skid] 1. (Electronics) When the inputs of a circuit change, and the outputs change to some random value for some very brief time before they settle down to the correct value. If another circuit inspects the output at just the wrong time, reading the random value, the results can be very wrong and very hard to debug (a glitch is one of many causes of electronic heisenbugs). 2. A sudden interruption in electric service, sanity, continuity, or program function. Sometimes recoverable. An interruption in electric service is specifically called a "power glitch" (or power hit), of grave concern because it usually crashes all the computers. See also gritch. 2. [Stanford] To scroll a display screen, especially several lines at a time. WAITS terminals used to do this in order to avoid continuous scrolling, which is distracting to the eye. 4. Obsolete. Same as magic cookie. 1
- noun glitch computer bug 1
- noun glitch problem 1
- countable noun glitch A glitch is a problem which stops something from working properly or being successful. 0
- noun glitch a sudden instance of malfunctioning or irregularity in an electronic system 0
- noun glitch a change in the rotation rate of a pulsar 0
- noun glitch a mishap, error, malfunctioning, etc. 0
- noun glitch a sudden, brief change in the period of a pulsar, believed to be caused by sudden changes in the structure of the rotating star 0
- noun glitch A problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk. 0
- noun glitch (video games) A bug or an exploit. 0
- noun glitch (music) A genre of experimental electronic music of the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise. 0
- verb glitch To experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction. 0
- verb glitch (video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game. 0