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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>schroedinbug</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="scary-devil-monastery.html" title="scary devil monastery"/><link rel="next" href="science-fiction-fandom.html" title="science-fiction fandom"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">schroedinbug</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="scary-devil-monastery.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="science-fiction-fandom.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="schroedinbug"/><dt xmlns="" id="schroedinbug"><b>schroedinbug</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/shroh<6F>din<69>buhg/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [MIT: from the Schroedinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum
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physics] A design or implementation bug in a program that doesn't manifest
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until someone reading source or using the program in an unusual way notices
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that it never should have worked, at which point the program promptly stops
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working for everybody until fixed. Though (like
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<a href="../B/bit-rot.html"><i class="glossterm">bit rot</i></a>) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have
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harbored latent schroedinbugs for years. Compare
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<a href="../H/heisenbug.html"><i class="glossterm">heisenbug</i></a>, <a href="../B/Bohr-bug.html"><i class="glossterm">Bohr bug</i></a>,
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