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In 2002, a study commissioned by the US [[Department of Commerce]]'s [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] concluded that "software bugs, or errors, are so prevalent and so detrimental that they cost the US economy an estimated $59&nbsp;billion annually, or about 0.6 percent of the gross domestic product".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/n02-10.htm |title=Software bugs cost US economy dear |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=September 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610052743/http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/n02-10.htm |archive-date=June 10, 2009 }}</ref>

Since the 1950s, some computer systems have been designed to detect or auto-correct various software errors during operations.<!--[[User:Kvng/RTH]]-->

== History ==

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== Terminology ==

''Mistake metamorphism'' (from Greek ''meta'' = "change", ''morph'' = "form") refers to the evolution of a defect in the final stage of software deployment. Transformation of a "''mistake"'' committed by an analyst in the early stages of the software development lifecycle, which leads to a "''defect"'' in the final stage of the cycle has been called ''mistake metamorphism''.<ref name="metamorph">{{cite journal |journal = Testing Experience|date=March 2012|publisher=testingexperience|title=Testing experience : te : the magazine for professional testers|___location = Germany|page =42 |issn=1866-5705}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

Different stages of a mistake in the development cycle may be described as mistake,<ref name=ieeeGlossary>{{cite book

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* Buggy software caused the early 21st century [[British Post Office scandal]].<ref name=beeb182>{{Cite news |title=Post Office scandal ruined lives, inquiry hears |author=<!--not stated--> |work=BBC News |date=14 February 2022 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60374182}}</ref><!--[[User:Kvng/RTH]]-->

== Controversy ==