shotgun debugging

ˈʃɑtˌɡʌn diˈbʌɡɪŋ

Definition

Definition of shotgun debugging - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

random code changes

Rare

debugging by making random, unplanned changes to code

Rare

Shotgun debugging rarely solves the real problem.

Adjective

technology

Rare

characterized by random, unfocused attempts to fix issues

Rare

The team used a shotgun debugging approach to solve the bug.

haphazard

random

unfocused

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Expressions with shotgun

shotgun approach

method where many things are tried to achieve a result

The company used a shotgun approach to market their new product.

call shotgun

claim the front passenger seat in a vehicle

I call shotgun for the ride to the beach.

ride shotgun

sit in the front passenger seat of a vehicle

I called to ride shotgun on the way home.

shotgun position

front passenger seat in a vehicle

He called shotgun position for the road trip.

shotgun wedding

wedding arranged due to pregnancy, often hastily

They had a shotgun wedding after discovering the pregnancy.

shotgun marriage

any forced union due to external pressures

The merger was a shotgun marriage of two companies.

Expressions with debugging

debugging mode

special operating state that helps programmers find and fix errors

Turn on debugging mode to see detailed error messages in the console.

remote debugging

process of finding software errors on another machine over a connection

Remote debugging helped them diagnose issues on the production server without downtime.

Examples of shotgun debugging in a sentence

Shotgun debugging annoyed the QA team and broke other features.
Their shotgun debugging led to more confusion than solutions.
Shotgun debugging was not the best strategy for the complex issue.

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French:débogage au hasard, débogage à l'aveuglette, ...
German:Schrotflinten-Debugging, planlos, ...
Italian:debugging alla cieca, debugging a casaccio, ...
Spanish:depuración por ensayo y error, depuración aleatoria, ...
Portuguese:depuração aleatória, aleatório, ...
Chinese:霰弹式调试, 随机调试的, ...
Japanese:やみくもデバッグ, 無計画な, ...
Arabic:تَصْحِيح عَشْوَائِيّ, عَشْوائي, ...
Hebrew:דִיבּוּג שׁוֹטְגָן, תִּקּוּן אַקְרָאִי, ...
Russian:отладка методом тыка, случайный отладочный, ...
Ukrainian:наосліпе налагодження, випадковий, ...
Hindi:शॉटगन डिबगिंग, यादृच्छिक डिबगिंग, ...
Bengali:এলোমেলো ডিবাগিং, এলোমেলো, ...
Catalan:depuració a l'atzar, depuració aleatòria, ...
Czech:ladění chyb metodou náhodných změn v kódu, nahodilý, ...
Danish:shotgun-debugging, tilfældig fejlfinding, ...
Dutch:willekeurige debugging, willekeurig debuggen, ...
Greek:εντοπισμός σφαλμάτων με τυχαίες αλλαγές, τυχαίος, ...
Hungarian:véletlenszerű kódmódosításokkal végzett hibakeresés, ötletszerű, ...
Khmer:ការកែកូដដោយចៃដន្យដើម្បីស្វែងរកកំហុស, សាកល្បងកែបញ្ហាដោយចៃដន្យ និងគ្មានទិសដៅច្បាស់លាស់, ...
Korean:샷건 디버깅, ...
Persian:اشکال‌زدایی تصادفی, تصادفی, ...
Polish:debugowanie na chybił trafił, chaotyczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):depuração por tentativa e erro, tentativa e erro, ...
Romanian:debugging cu pușca, debugging la întâmplare, ...
Swedish:shotgun-felsökning, osystematisk felsökning, ...
Thai:การดีบักแบบสุ่ม, ดีบักแบบสุ่ม, ...
Turkish:rastgele hata ayıklama, ...
Vietnamese:gỡ lỗi kiểu bắn súng, sửa lỗi ngẫu nhiên, ...

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