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'''Bug''' or '''BUG''' can refer to:
==Biology==
[[Image:Two insects.png|thumb|One bug eating another bug in Akeley, Minnesota, United States, atop a 2008 Honda Civic LX.]]
* Formally, an insect of the order [[Hemiptera]], also known as the "true bugs". (Older taxonomies identify a suborder ''Heteroptera''.)
* More colloquially (and particularly in North American usage), any [[arthropod]] (excepting most [[crustacean]]s); includes [[insect]]s, but also non-insects such as [[spider]]s and [[centipede]]s.
* Informally, a [[pathogen]] such as virus or bacteria that causes illness
* A hybrid of a [[pug]] and a [[Boston terrier]]
* One of several species of [[slipper lobster]], such as the [[Moreton Bay bug]] and the [[Balmain bug]].
==Technology==
* [[Software bug]], or a software defect
* [[Covert listening device]]
* Device for [[telephone tapping]]
* [[Integrated circuit]] chip, for its buglike appearance
* Manually positioned marker in [[flight instruments]]
* A semi-automated [[telegraph key]]
* [[Volkswagen Beetle]] (slang)
* [[Bond Bug]], car
* A North American term for a [[digital on-screen graphic]], generally used as a form of television [[station identification]]
* [[Web bug]], an object that is embedded in a web page or e-mail that allows checking that a user has viewed the page or e-mail
* The [[Kettering Bug]], an early cruise missile.
==Art and media==
* ''[[Bug (2006 film)]]'', psychological thriller directed by William Friedkin
* ''[[Bug (2007 soundtrack)]]'', soundtrack of the film Bug (2007)
* ''[[Bug (2002 film)]]'', (2002) comedy-drama about a chain of events begun by a boy squashing a bug
* ''[[Bug (1975 film)]]'', a film directed by Jeannot Szwarc in 1975
* [[Bug (Starship Troopers)]], a fictional alien race from the novel and film ''Starship Troopers''
* ''[[Bug (play)]]'', thriller/black comedy
* [[Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album)]], a 1988 album by Dinosaur Jr
* [[Bug (Dave Davies album)]], a 2002 album by Dave Davies
*"Bug," a song by Phish from their 2000 album ''[[Farmhouse (album)| Farmhouse]]''
* [[BUG Magazine]], Croatian magazine
* ''[[Bug!]]'' and ''[[Bug Too!]]'' video games
* Bug, a character in the Marvel comic book series ''[[Micronauts (comic book)|The Micronauts]]''
==Other==
* [[Brooklyn Union Gas]]
* [[Bug (poker)]], a restricted wild card
* A card cheat's bug is a [[holdout]] device
* [[Western Bug]], a river in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus
* [[Southern Bug]], a river in Ukraine
* bug, ISO 639 code for the [[Buginese language]]
* [[Bicycle User Group]]
* A [[union label]] is sometimes called a bug.
* Mudbug [http://www.mudbugmadness.com/][http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudbug] or Mud bug, a [[crayfish]].
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