Bug

Bug may refer to:

Places

• Bug (Rügen), an area on the island of Rügen in Germany
• Bug (river), in Poland, Ukraine and Belarus
• Bug, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Bag, Qasr-e Qand, also called Būg, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
• Busan–Gyeongnam Area, or BUG, a metropolitan area in South Korea
• Southern Bug, a river in Ukraine

People

• Bug Hall (born 1985), American actor, acting teacher and musician
• Bug Holliday (1867–1910), baseball player
• Bug Howard (born 1994), American football player
• The Bug, a recording alias for UK musician Kevin Martin

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Bug (comics), a character in the Marvel comic book series The Micronauts
• Bug (Starship Troopers), a fictional alien race from the novel and film Starship Troopers
• Bug, Michael Lee's little brother in The Wire
• Bug, a character from the TV series WordWorld
• Bobby "Bug" Guthrie, a character in the TV series Life Unexpected

Films

• Bug (1975 film), directed by Jeannot Szwarc
• Bug (2002 film), a comedy-drama about a chain of events begun by a boy squashing a bug
• Bug (2006 film), an adaptation of the Tracy Letts play, directed by William Friedkin

Gaming

• Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
• Bug, a holdout (gambling), device used for cheating in gambling
• Bug, a type in the Pokémon franchise, created in 1996
• Bug!, a 1995 video game
• Bughouse chess

Music

Albums and soundtracks

• Bug (Dave Davies album), a solo album by Dave Davies
• Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album), the third album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr.
• Bug (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the eponymous 2006 film

Songs

• "Bug", a song by Feeder, from their album Echo Park
• "Bug", a song by Lower Than Atlantis from World Record
• "Bug", a song by Phish from their 2000 album Farmhouse
• "The Bug", a 1993 song by Dire Straits

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• "Bug" (Breaking Bad), a 2011 television episode
• BUG (magazine), a Croatian magazine
• Bug (play), a play by Tracy Letts

Biology

• Bug, a pathogen, any microorganism that causes illness (slang)
• Bug, one of several species of slipper lobster, such as
  • Balmain bug
  • Moreton Bay bug
• Insects of the order Hemiptera known as "true bugs"
  • or sometimes its suborder Heteroptera
• More broadly, any of many small, primarily terrestrial invertebrates, such as
  • Insects
  • Arachnids
  • Myriapods
  • Crustaceans
  • Worms
  • Terrestrial molluscs
  • A subset of arthropods
• Dudley Bug, a trilobite

Organizations

• Bicycle User Group, a group set up to promote cycling issues
• Brooklyn Union Gas, now known as KeySpan Corporation
• Bug AS, a full service production company based in Norway

Technology

• Bug, a digital on-screen graphic of a broadcaster's logo
• Bug, a Morse key design by Vibroplex
• Covert listening device, or bug, commonly used in espionage and in police investigations
• Software bug, or hardware bug (defect)
• Web bug, a tracking object embedded in a web page or e-mail

Transportation

• Sandlin Bug, a glider (sailplane) design
• Volkswagen Beetle, an automobile nicknamed "Bug"

Other uses

• Bug, a slang word meaning to annoy or nag someone
• Bug, a slang word meaning to influence someone (e.g., "to put a bug in someone's ear") or to advocate for an idea or cause
• Buginese language (ISO 639 code "bug")
• Union label, advertising that workers who make a product or provide a service are unionized
• The Bug (horse)

See also

• Bugg (disambiguation)
• Bugged (disambiguation)
• Bugs (disambiguation)