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The word 'glitch' is correct and commonly used in written English
It can be used as both a noun and a verb to refer to a small, often unexpected malfunction or error in a system or process. Examples: 1. "The computer system experienced a glitch, causing the entire network to crash." 2. "I'm sorry for the delay, there was a glitch in our scheduling software." 3. "We need to fix this glitch in the website before it goes live." 4. "The glitch in the program resulted in incorrect calculations." 5. "She glitched during her presentation and had to restart her slideshow."
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Glitch
noun
A problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk
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Yochai Benkler, a Harvard law professor, has described how the rise of free stuff, collaborative production and non-commercial products such as Wikipedia, create a glitch within capitalism.
Although this limited edition accounts for less than one per cent of sales, and other versions are apparently unaffected, this simple but unfortunate glitch - a mix-up at the pressing plant - recalls the efforts of one Tyler Durden, Fight Club's charismatic anti-hero.
A little technical glitch just took place so apologies for the lull.
A lawsuit in Oklahoma seeks to scuttle this effort, claiming that a legislative glitch prohibits subsidies on the federal exchanges.
In early April it halted applications for new domains after discovering a technical glitch that may have allowed some applicants to view each other's confidential plans.
Correction: An earlier version of the first news item about the New York Stock Exchange contained its own glitch, by blaming an "errant logarithm" for the swings in share prices.
If a glitch is found in CERN's result, the whole thing will rapidly be swept under the carpet and forgotten.
Now all it needs is a glitch in technology.
The Chicago Tribune reports:The latest glitch involved the dispatch system software that enables Chicago-based United to communicate with airplanes before departure, delivering information on the plane's weight and balance, number of passengers and baggage, said United spokesman Charlie Hobart..
This unlikely glitch in computer software was supposed to bring the world to a halt in 2000, but it caused hardly a ripple.
His guess is that the glitch is the result of a coding error rather than the handiwork of spies, though he says he cannot be sure.No matter who is to blame, this episode is another reminder of the security challenges companies face as ever more economic activity shifts online.
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