Before revision: A glitch, however, is such a minute change in voltage that no fuse could protect against it.quoted in Ben Zimmer, "The Hidden History of Glitch", visualthesarus.com John Dally further defined the word on the July 4, 1965, episode of What's My Line, saying that it's a term used by the Air Force at Cape Kennedy, in the process of launching rockets, "it means something's gone wrong and you can't figure out what it is so you call it a 'glitch'".
After revision: A glitch, however, is such a minute change in voltage that no fuse could protect against it.quoted in Ben Zimmer, "The Hidden History of Glitch", visualthesarus.com John Daly further defined the word on the July 4, 1965, episode of What's My Line, saying that it's a term used by the Air Force at Cape Kennedy, in the process of launching rockets, "it means something's gone wrong and you can't figure out what it is so you call it a 'glitch'".