[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

shotgun debugging n. the software equivalent of easter egging; the
   making of relatively undirected changes to software in the hope that a
   bug will be perturbed out of existence. this almost never works, and
   usually introduces more bugs.


see also:
easter egging 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

shotgun debugging
     
        the software equivalent of easter egging; the making of
        relatively undirected changes to software in the hope that a
        bug will be perturbed out of existence.  this almost never
        works, and usually introduces more bugs.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
easter egging jargon file 

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