mandelbug
/man'del-buhg/ (From the {Mandelbrot
set}) A {bug} whose underlying causes are so complex and
obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even
{nondeterministic}. This term implies that the speaker thinks
it is a {Bohr bug}, rather than a {heisenbug}.
See also {schroedinbug}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-02-08)