What (who) is glitch - definition
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glitch
![The start-up screen of the [[Virtual Boy]] is affected by a visual glitch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virtual Boy glitch in right eyepiece.jpg?width=200 "The start-up screen of the [[Virtual Boy]] is affected by a visual glitch")
¦ noun informal
1. a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or fault of equipment.
an unexpected setback.
2. Astronomy a brief irregularity in the rotation of a pulsar.
Derivatives
glitchy adjective
Origin
1960s (orig. US): of unknown origin.
glitch
(glitches)
A glitch is a problem which stops something from working properly or being successful. (INFORMAL)
Manufacturing glitches have limited the factory's output.
= hitch, problem
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Glitch
A glitch is a short-lived fault in a system, such as a transient fault that corrects itself, making it difficult to troubleshoot. The term is particularly common in the computing and electronics industries, in circuit bending, as well as among players of video games.
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Glitch (disambiguation)
A glitch is a short-lived fault in a system.
Glitch may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for glitch
1. FAISAL FEROZ: Technical glitches.
Young & Dangerous Saviors of Rock _The Struts _ Talks at Google
2. There was glitches.
Kiesha Nix _ From the Pinnacle of Wall Street to the Pinnacle of Sports _ Talks at Google
3. There's a lot of glitches.
Musings & Writings - Asian-American Voices _ Min Jin Lee _ Talks at Google
4. That'd be just a glitch.
The World Needs All Kinds of Minds _ Temple Grandin _ Talks at Google
5. it is not a glitch.
YouTube - Online Video and Participatory Culture _ Josh Green _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of glitch
1. Could this be a computer glitch rather than Armageddon?
2. The May 27 glitch, Cooperberg said, has left him nervous.
3. There‘s only one glitch – nobody has ever heard of him.
4. Her campaign faced a little technical glitch at first.
5. The glitch put the day‘s activities several hours behind schedule.