2007-07-24 16:01:08 · 4 answers · asked by Adrenix 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Can you be a LITTLE more specific...
Biology
* Formally, an insect of the order Hemiptera, also known as the "true bugs". (Outdated taxonomies sometimes use the name Heteroptera.)
* More colloquially, any arthropod (excepting most crustaceans); includes insects, but also non-insects such as spiders and centipedes.
* Informally, a pathogen such as virus or bacteria that causes illness
Technology
* Software bug, or software defect
* Covert listening device
* Device for telephone tapping
* Integrated circuit chip, for its buglike appearance
* Manually positioned marker in flight instruments
* A semi-automated telegraph key
* Volkswagen Beetle (slang)
* A North American term for a digital on-screen graphic, generally used as a form of television station identification
* Web bug, an object that is embedded in a web page or e-mail that allows checking that a user has viewed the page or e-mail
Art and media
* Bug (2007 film), psychological thriller directed by William Friedkin
* Bug (2007 soundtrack), soundtrack of the film Bug (2007)
* Bug (2002 film), (2002) comedy-drama about a chain of events begun by a boy squashing a bug
* Bug (1975 film), a film directed by Jeannot Szwarc in 1975
* Bug (Starship Troopers), a fictional alien race from the novel and film Starship Troopers
* Bug (play), thriller/black comedy
* Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album), a 1988 album by Dinosaur Jr
* Bug (Dave Davies album), a 2002 album by Dave Davies
* "Bug," a song by Phish from their 2000 album Farmhouse
* BUG Magazine, Croatian magazine
* Bug! and Bug Too! video games
* Bug, a character in the Marvel comic book series The Micronauts
Other
* Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
* A card cheat's bug is a holdout device
* Western Bug, a river in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus
* Southern Bug, a river in Ukraine
* bug, ISO 639 code for the Buginese language
* Bicycle User Group
2007-07-24 17:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Bug" is the term used by microbiologists and other medical professionals for a germ, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.
2007-07-24 23:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bug- you mean in insect ??
OR...
A virus when you are sick or have the flu ??
2007-07-25 00:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by krissyderic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I don't understand your question. Could you be more specific?
2007-07-24 23:06:14 · answer #4 · answered by Rikki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋