misbug

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misbug - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  misbug
  
     /mis-buhg/ [MIT] 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.  Usage: rare.  Compare
     green lightning.  See miswart.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

misbug - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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
     miswart.