A tool used by programmers to reproduce failures, investigate the state of programs and find the corresponding defect. Debuggers enable programmers to execute programs step by step, to halt a program at any program statement and to set and examine program variables.
International Software Testing Qualifications Board. (2026). debugger. ISTQB Glossary. Retrieved October 19, 2026, from https://istqb-glossary.page/debugger/.
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