Bug 4374 225174588 2008-07-12T08:06:23Z Anthony5429 187429 insect-->bug {{wiktionarypar|bug}}__NOTOC__ '''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]]. {{disambig-cleanup}} [[ca:Bug]] [[cs:Bug]] [[da:Bug]] [[de:Bug]] [[es:Bug]] [[eo:BUG]] [[fr:Bug]] [[it:BUG]] [[hu:Bug]] [[ja:BUG]] [[no:Bug]] [[nn:Bug]] [[oc:Bug (omonimia)]] [[ksh:BUG (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[simple:Bug]] [[fi:Bugi]] [[sv:Bug]] [[th:บั๊ก]] [[zh:臭虫]]