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    [from the obvious analogy with biological viruses, via SF] n. A cracker program that searches out other programs and `infects' them by embedding a... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    bread crumbs

    n. Debugging statements inserted into a program that emit output or log indicators of the program's state to a file so you can see where it dies, or pin down the cause of surprising behavior. The term is probably a reference to the Hansel and Gretel story from the Brothers Grimm; in several variants, a character leaves a trail of breadcrumbs so as not to get lost in the woods.