debug
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The whistleblower account detailed a series of problems with development and testing of the new computer system, which the person said can take nine months to a year to debug.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
New AI tools like Claude Code help write and debug software faster, and spin up a website or a marketing plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
“We’ll debug that later,” Zuckerberg said on stage after he couldn’t answer the WhatsApp call using the wristband and glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
That should help debug systems and also benefit safety, the researchers say: If an AI is planning something dangerous, a human operator can tell and can intervene.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked on in a hurry.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
It writes academic essays and fairy tales, tells jokes, explains scientific concepts and composes and debugs computer code.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 28, 2023
An engineer debugs an instrument at the China Spallation Neutron Source in Dongguan; scientists use accelerators such as this and the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility to study materials’ behaviour.Credit:
From Nature ● Mar. 19, 2019
A spokesman at Hasbro said the company expected that figure to rise as it debugs the game over the coming weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have downloaded it, debugged it and redeployed it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The team has now synthesized and debugged all sixteen yeast chromosomes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2023
It will be “a profound development in spaceflight if and when Starship is debugged and operational,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 15, 2023
These are not programs with single-line instructions that can be debugged easily.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The only exception was that each team was permitted one laptop for work on the project, but it had to be handed over to be scanned, debugged, and approved for use.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Whether that be by writing and debugging software, coordinating family’s schedules or picking a March Madness bracket, the bet is that autonomous AI will soon handle many of our everyday tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Anthropic says Fable 5 is exceptionally good at writing and debugging software code, answering complex research questions and analyzing images.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
He encourages users to engage with the technology as a dynamic co-pilot for tasks ranging from debugging code to planning a vacation.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
The county moved quickly to bring the new system online, raising questions about how much time officials allotted for debugging the software and training employees on the new technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
Used only in a debugging context. :check: n.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
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