Editing Software bug (section)

== Terminology ==

''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''.<ref name="metamorph">{{cite journal |journal = Testing Experience|date=March 2012|publisher=testingexperience|title=Testing experience : te : the magazine for professional testers|location = Germany|page =42 |issn=1866-5705}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

Different stages of a mistake in the development cycle may be described as mistake,<ref name=ieeeGlossary>{{cite book
|title= 610.12-1990: IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology
|publisher=[[IEEE]]
|date=December 31, 1990
|isbn=978-0-7381-0391-4
|doi=10.1109/IEEESTD.1990.101064}}</ref>{{rp|31}}anomaly,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|10}} fault,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|31}} failure,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|31}} error,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|31}} exception,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|31}} crash,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|22}} glitch, bug,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|14}} defect, incident,<ref name=ieeeGlossary/>{{rp|39}} or side effect.