mandelbug

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

mandelbug
 /man'del.buhg/, n.

   [from the Mandelbrot set] A bug whose underlying causes are so complex
   and obscure as to make its behavior appear chaotic or even
   non-deterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a
   {Bohr bug}, rather than a {heisenbug}. See also {schroedinbug}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

mandelbug

   <jargon, programming> /man'del-buhg/ (From the {Mandelbrot
   set}) A {bug} whose underlying causes are so complex and
   obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even
   {nondeterministic}.  This term implies that the speaker thinks
   it is a {Bohr bug}, rather than a {heisenbug}.

   See also {schroedinbug}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-02-08)