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What is a gremlin?

What is a gremlin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A mythical creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.
  2. (by extension) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.
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I should explain to you that there appears to be a gremlin in the system somewhere in the building.
Mindful of the technical gremlin that struck down Rosberg, a recurring theme at Mercedes starting with the DNF inflicted upon Hamilton at the season's first race in Australia, the engineers turned down the wick on his car.
The fantasy creature category contained such imaginary creatures as fairy, hairy Cyclops, and gremlin.
In the meantime, I'm going to go kill the gremlin that keeps posting on my computer.
Laptop in hand, he quickly ran the motoring equivalent of an anti-virus scan, identified the software gremlin responsible and had me on my way within the hour.
There is a gremlin which creeps into all these debates and that is that sometimes this flexibility can be used by the transport company to counter the driver's capacity to decide.

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