Glitch

Etymology
Probably from, from dialectical glitschig:, from glitsch: + -ig:. Related to gleiten:.

Popularized 1960s, by US space program. Attested 1962 by American astronaut, in reference to spikes in electrical current.

Noun

 * 1) A problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk
 * They are still trying to work out all the glitches.
 * 1)  A bug or an exploit.
 * Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.
 * 1)  A genre of experimental electronic music of the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.

Quotations

 * 1962,
 * Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical current.
 * 1965, Time magazine
 * Glitches—a spaceman’s word for irritating disturbances.

Translations

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 * Ido: Impedo
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Verb

 * 1) To experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction
 * My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.
 * 1)  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.