Glitch vs. Blip — What's the Difference?

A glitch is a short-lived fault in a system, such as a transient fault that corrects itself, making it difficult to troubleshoot. The term is particularly common in the computing and electronics industries, in circuit bending, as well as among players of video games.

A spot of light on a radar or sonar screen indicating the position of a detected object, such as an aircraft or a submarine. Also called pip3.

A minor malfunction, mishap, or technical problem; a snag

A high-pitched electronic sound; a bleep.

A false or spurious electronic signal caused by a brief, unwanted surge of electric power.

A transient sharp upward or downward movement, as on a graph.

(Astronomy) A sudden change in the period of rotation of a neutron star.

A temporary or insignificant phenomenon, especially a brief departure from the normal

(countable) A problem affecting function.

To bleep.

An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.

(electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.

(video games) A bug or an exploit.

A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.

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.

(by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.

A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.

An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.

To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.

To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.

To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.

(transitive) bleep

A fault or defect in a system, plan, or machine.

A spot of light on a radar screen, showing the position of a reflecting surface, such as an airplane or ship.

A brief surge or interruption in the voltage in an electrical circuit or device.

A short upward or downward deviation from a trend line on a graph, especially in a plot of some variable, such as an economic variable, against time; as, a brief blip upward in the unemployment rate.

A fault or defect in a system or machine

Something small or insignificant.

A brief interruption in the continuity of a recorded or transmitted signal; as, there is a blip on my CD of Beethoven's ninth.

A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption;

A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface