Software Bug - Mistake Metamorphism

In software engineering, mistake metamorphism (from Greek meta = "change", morph = "form") refers to the evolution of a defect in the final stage of software deployment. Transformation of a "mistake" committed by an analyst in the early stages of the software development lifecycle, which leads to a "defect" in the final stage of the cycle has been called 'mistake metamorphism'.

Different stages of a "mistake" in the entire cycle may be described by using the following terms:

  • Mistake
  • Anomaly
  • Fault
  • Failure
  • Error
  • Exception
  • Crash
  • Bug
  • Defect
  • Incident
  • Side Effect

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