Glitch
/ɡlɪtʃ/noun
A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity in a system.
Did you know?The term 'glitch' is believed to have originated in the 1960s from Yiddish, where it referred to a slippery or gliding movement—quite fitting for an unexpected slip in systems!
Etymological Timeline
Yiddish
Yiddish
glitsh
“to slide or slip, often with a connotation of a sudden error.”
20th Century
English
glitch
“initially used in the realm of electronics to describe a momentary malfunction.”
1960s
English
glitch
“coined in the context of space technology, referring to a minor error in electronic systems.”
1970s
English
glitch
“became widely used in computer programming to describe unexpected bugs or errors in systems.”