What does "debugger" mean?

A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.

How do you pronounce "debugger"?

Pronounced //diːˈbʌɡə(ɹ)//.

Debugger

//diːˈbʌɡə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun

1
A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.
"6. Memorandum PDP-23, ID Invisible Debugger, August 20, 1964."
2
a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors wordnet

Example

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"A debugger is a program which allows you to find errors in source code."

Etymology

From debug + -er.

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computer program

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