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This term is usually identified as jargon, used in electronic industries and
 
<p>This term is usually identified as jargon, used in electronic industries and
services, among programmers, circuit-bending practitioners, gamers, media
services, among programmers, circuit-bending practitioners, gamers, media
artists, and designers. In electrical systems, a glitch is a short-lived error in a
artists, and designers. In electrical systems, a glitch is a short-lived error in a
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the wrong duration—a change of input) in an electrical circuit. Thus, a glitch
the wrong duration—a change of input) in an electrical circuit. Thus, a glitch
is a short-term deviation from a correct value and as such the term can also de-
is a short-term deviation from a correct value and as such the term can also de-
scribe hardware malfunctions. The outcome of a glitch is not predictable.
scribe hardware malfunctions. The outcome of a glitch is not predictable.</p>


When applied to software, the meaning of glitch is slightly altered. A
<p>When applied to software, the meaning of glitch is slightly altered. A
glitch is an unpredictable change in the system’s behavior, when something
glitch is an unpredictable change in the system’s behavior, when something
obviously goes wrong.
obviously goes wrong.</p>


&mdash; [[Alexei Shulgin]] & [[Olga Goriunova]] [[Software Studies]], p. 110
<p>&mdash; [[Alexei Shulgin]] & [[Olga Goriunova]] [[Software Studies]], p. 110</p>
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Revision as of 09:34, 18 February 2013

This term is usually identified as jargon, used in electronic industries and services, among programmers, circuit-bending practitioners, gamers, media artists, and designers. In electrical systems, a glitch is a short-lived error in a system or machine. A glitch appears as a defect (a voltage-change or signal of the wrong duration—a change of input) in an electrical circuit. Thus, a glitch is a short-term deviation from a correct value and as such the term can also de- scribe hardware malfunctions. The outcome of a glitch is not predictable.

When applied to software, the meaning of glitch is slightly altered. A glitch is an unpredictable change in the system’s behavior, when something obviously goes wrong.

Alexei Shulgin & Olga Goriunova Software Studies, p. 110