Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandelbug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-del-bug
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A software bug whose behaviour appears to be chaotic.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Try to determine as soon as you can if this is a problem you can solve, or whether it's a mandelbug that technical support needs to look at."

Etymology

Blend of Mandelbrot + bug, in reference to the Mandelbrot set.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

mandelbugs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does mandelbug mean?: A software bug whose behaviour appears to be chaotic.
Where does mandelbug come from?: Blend of Mandelbrot + bug, in reference to the Mandelbrot set.

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