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The results of bugs may be extremely serious considerable. In [[1962]],

an omitted hyphen in a [[Fortran]] program led to the loss of the

[[Mariner 1]] [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] [[Unmanned space mission|probe]], which cost over $80 million; [[Arthur C. Clarke]] dubbed this "the most expensive hyphen in history". In [[1996]], the [[European Space Agency|European Space Agency's]] [[prototype]] [[Ariane 5]] rocket was destroyed less than a minute after launch due to a bug in the on-board guidance computer, costing over US$1 billion.

== Etymology ==