A glitch is basically a shortage or pulse that lives within an electronic device for a certain period of time. It can be caused by not treating the device right, a fault or simply an error from the design. The word glitch is mainly used in computing and electronic industries. The word comes from the German language "glitschig" also meaning "slippery." There are many concepts that are similar to the word glitch. For example, a runt pulse is smaller than the lowest level specified for the operation. Another is called a spike, which is a short pulse that causes a ringing or something called a crosswalk. A glitch can happen during the race condition of a poorly designed circuit. When it comes to computers, a glitch is a failure in part of the electronic system that involves the computing device. This may have an affect on the function that makes it properly work.

Glitches can also be caused by the game freezing, sound issues, crashes, or many other program errors. Glitching is the practice of players mistreating them to gain a win or advantage. When it comes to music it can describe a genre of music electronically that came about in the 1990's. When occupying before hand, the sound artifacts can characterized results from digital technology that are caused by crashes, skipping of CDs and errors in electronic systems. Some glitches may help and others can disable the electronic systems. The gamers or people using the devices are considered the glitchers.