as in to amend
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged
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Recent Examples of debug
While the program will gather feedback about tools, performance tuning, debugging utilities, and plenty of other aspects of game development, it’s also designed for input from game studios that aren’t shipping games on Xbox.
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Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
Some coding-specific shortcuts are also available for debugging, adding logs and comments, and translating code into other languages.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
In the complex world of AI applications, the ability to gain real-time insights, track key metrics and streamline debugging processes is invaluable.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The company’s extremely logically named Honeycomb for Frontend Observability product offers debugging capabilities aligned to the frontend of applications.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
Some coding-specific shortcuts are also available for debugging, adding logs and comments, and translating code into other languages.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
In the complex world of AI applications, the ability to gain real-time insights, track key metrics and streamline debugging processes is invaluable.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The company’s extremely logically named Honeycomb for Frontend Observability product offers debugging capabilities aligned to the frontend of applications.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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First filed in October, the complaint was amended in December to include Carter's name in December.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The suit was amended in December 2024 to include Carter.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The DoJ has now corrected the error in subsequent legal filings.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s note: Bob Stark’s title has been corrected to global head of enablement. Send me a secure tip.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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Players and coaches change teams, teams redesign uniforms and owners rewrite the rules.—
Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News,
Boston Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
WADE BROCK Special to the Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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Donovan, the team president, suggests that some of the assessments were unfair but says that the Chiefs’ leadership took the report card seriously and has taken action to remedy players’ concerns.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes,
7 Feb. 2025
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There have been some missteps , but the company has managed to remedy them and generally keep customers happy Who Is This Investment For?—
StockStory Team,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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Weta also worked through the complexities of transforming Ross into Red Hulk, including bones breaking, reforming, driving under the skin, vein detail, and clothes ripping and disintegrating.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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Like many government agencies in the second Trump administration, Gabbard's focus is on reforming ODNI, which was created in response to intelligence failures leading up to 9/11.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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