What is a glitch

#865 | 1:36 |

Tutorials

Wednesday December 15, 2010

Most of us run into

computer glitches

more often than we'd want to. But what causes a glitch and how are computer glitches different from

computer bugs

? We explain

what glitches are

in this episode and explain some of the

causes of glitches

Download this episode now

Quicktime

Subscribe to this show

Quicktime

Windows Media

Show Notes

- A glitch is just a temporary fault in a system.

- In computers, a glitch can be caused by a wide number of reasons.

- Glitches can often be difficult to identify because they correct themselves so quickly.

- A glitch is different from a bug because bugs are definitely caused by programming errors, whereas glitches are not.

- Glitches can often disappear as quickly as they appear.

Tagged: