software bugs
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Why It’s Called a Software Patch (It Was Once Real Tape)
Every time your phone buzzes with an update and tells you a “patch” is ready, you are using a word that started with actual tape. Not a metaphor, not a clever bit of branding. Real, physical tape stuck over real, physical holes. The name has survived decades of progress, outlived the machines that inspired it,…
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How One Line of Code Broke Apple’s Security
One duplicated line of code switched off the security on millions of Apple devices. The goto fail bug, and what it teaches anyone building software.
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Why We Call Software Problems ‘Bugs’
A moth taped into a 1947 logbook, but engineers said bugs long before. Why software bugs exist and who should find them first.