Definición de «glitch» en inglés

noun

1. (countable) A problem affecting function.

   • They are still trying to work out all the glitches.

2. (countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.

3. (video games) A bug or an exploit.

   • Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.

4. (uncountable, music) 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.

5. (astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.

verb

1. (intransitive, especially of machines) To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.

   • My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.

2. (intransitive, video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.

   • His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.