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What does bug mean?

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Noun
  1. (colloquial, chiefly US) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
  2. (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").
  3. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
  4. Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
  5. (computing) A problem that needs fixing.
  6. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
  7. An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
  8. An electronic intercept device
  9. A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
  10. (broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it
  11. (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments
  12. A semi-automated telegraph key.
  13. (obsolete) A bugbear; anything that terrifies.
  14. (chiefly LGBT, "the bug") HIV.
  15. (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
  16. (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
Verb
  1. (informal, transitive) To annoy.
  2. (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
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