debug
part of speech
verb (debug, debugs, debugged, debugging)
meaning for a pupil
1) (computers) To find and fix the mistakes (bugs) in a computer program. tree →
2) To find and fix problems in any plan or machine. tree →
3) (rare) To remove insects or hidden listening devices from a place. tree →
sense in the lessons
In coding lessons debugging means running the program, seeing what goes wrong, finding the line with the mistake and fixing it — step by step. Phrases: «debug the code», «a debugging tool», «debug your program».
examples
- Our robot kept turning left, so we had to debug the program. tree →
- Debugging means finding the mistake and fixing it. tree →
- It took me ten minutes to debug my Scratch game. tree →
- The teacher showed us how to debug by testing one step at a time. tree →
- Good programmers spend lots of time debugging. tree →
- We debugged our plan for the school fair after the first test run. tree →
- The spy movie showed agents debugging a hotel room. tree →
note
Past form «debugged», «-ing» form «debugging» (double g). Noun «a bug» = a mistake in a program. A famous story says the word «bug» came from a moth found in an early computer, but people already used «bug» for faults before that — a common myth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «debug» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.