glitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: glitches
Etymology: Probably from Yiddish גליטש (glitsh), from German glitschig (“slippy”), from glitschen (“to slide, glide, slip”) + -ig (“-y”). Related to gleiten (“glide”). Cognate with French glisser (“to slip, slide, skid”).
Popularized in the 1960s, by the US space program. Attested in 1962 by American astronaut John Glenn, in reference to spikes in electrical current.
Senses: examples: text: They are still trying to work out all the glitches.
text: Glitches—a spaceman’s word for irritating disturbances.
ref: 1965, Time magazine:
text: A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.
ref: 1999, The Wachowski Brothers, The Matrix (motion picture), spoken by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss):
text: Some claimed on Monday that Foodpanda's account deletion system reported being under maintenance and could not process their request. It is unclear if the flock of requests had created a system failure, or Foodpanda had cut access on purpose, or the timing was merely a coincidence. The glitch only added fuel to online sympathizers' outrage.
ref: 2021 July 20, Masayuki Yuda, “Foodpanda faces backlash after calling Thai protest 'terrorism'”, in Nikkei Asia, Nikkei Inc, retrieved 20 Jul 2021:
synonyms: bug
hitch
imperfection
quirk
gremlin
glosses: A problem affecting function.
examples: text: Another term we adopted to describe some of our problems was "glitch." Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical circuit which takes place when the circuit suddenly has a new load put on it. You have probably noticed a dimming of lights in your home when you turn a switch or start the dryer or the television set.
ref: 1962, John Glenn, Into Orbit, London: Cassell:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: surge
spike
instability
glosses: An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
examples: text: Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.
text: How to reach 8.555 ー The glitch
You need to have Wrex alive and sabotage the cure. Without the glitch, Wrex will discover the lie and try to kill you after Priority: Citadel II when you try to go back to the Normandy. Triggering this scene will remove Wrex and the Clan Urdnot in the war assets list
The glitch is easy, when you want to leave the Citadel, simply go to a fast travel shuttle, then in a DLC area (Dr. Bryson's Lab or Silversun Strip)
Then again the shuttle, and go back to the Normandy from here
ref: 2021 September 4, Paarnahkrin, “8.550 War Assets - How to achieve the highest possible score”, in Steam Community, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2021, Paarnahkrin's Guides:
topics: video-games
glosses: A bug or an exploit.
examples: text: You can hear this in the contemporary genre of ‘glitch’, where artists like Oval and Fennesz make radically beautiful music using the snaps, crackles and pops emitted by damaged CDs, malfunctioning software, etc.
ref: 2011, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise: 20 Years of Writing About Hip Rock and Hip Hop, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 313:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
hypernyms: electronic music
coordinate_terms: noise
glosses: A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
Derived terms: glitch art
glitchcore
glitchery
glitchfest
glitch hop
glitch hunter
glitch in the Matrix
glitchless
glitch text
glitchy
microglitch