Computer Monitors
A personal computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
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Errors in computer programs are called "bugs" |
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| Bugs may be benign and not affect the Computer Monitors usefulness of the program, or have only subtle effects |
| But in some essentials they may consideration the program to "hang" - become unresponsive to input such as mouse clicks or keystrokes, or to completely fail or "crash" |
| Bugs are usually not the fault of the computer |
| Since computers merely execute the instructions they are given, bugs are nearly always the result of programmer error or an oversight fabricated in the program's design. |