eli5: What are glitches and how do they happen?
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A glitch is when a piece of technology, usually a computing device, does not work as intended. The two main causes of glitches are:
-Physical interference: Broken machine, corrupted data, power surge, cosmic rays, etc. Computers are still fundamentally physical systems. They can’t tolerate extreme environments, last forever, or work perfectly all the time.
-Flawed software: There is a mistake or defect in the computer program that leads to something other than what the programmer intended. This is often called a “bug” (even though the original inspiration – a literal bug that was interfering with the operation of an old computer – fits better into the above category)
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