General term used to describe an undesirable, momentary pulse or unexpected input or output.

1959, American English, possibly from Yiddish glitsh "a slip," from glitshn "to slip," from German glitschen, and related gleiten "to glide" (see glide (v.)). Perhaps dir [..]

The cause of an unexpected malfunction.

defect.

/glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1. n. A sudden interruption in electric service, sanity, continuity, or program function. Sometimes recove [..]

WebGuest Dictionary Small malfunction in a system.

A malfunction. Glitch is sometimes used as a synonym for bug, but more often it refers to a hardware problem.

A malfunction in the hardware of a computer system, usually temporary or random, sometimes difficult to distinguish from a bug in the software. In a more general sense, any unanticipated problem that [..]

(n) a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

A small malfunction.

a bug or a transitory malfunction in hardware or software. Often this term describes a malfunction that unlike a bug is not repeatable, or is difficult to repeat. GNOME:

A temporary malfunction; different from a bug, which is a recurring malfunction.

A glitch, in technical terms, refers to a small and fleeting error in a system that occurs due to unknown causes. While the actual cause of a glitch is unknown, it can potentially cause serious harm t [..]

defect

An unintended short duration pulse. A random signal with a pulse duration that is much shorter than a clock pulse [as in glitch detection on a logic analyzer].