Misbug /mis-buhg/ N. [MIT; Rare (like Its Referent)] An Unintended Property Of A Program That Turns Out To Be Useful

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misbug /mis-buhg/ n.

[MIT; rare (like its referent)]
An unintended property of a program that turns out to be useful;
something that should have been a bug but turns out to be a
feature. Compare green lightning. See

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