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title: Music helps identify software bugs
date: "2002-09-12T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1169
description: I highlight how mapping software execution to music can help developers spot bugs. I believe sonification techniques are broadly applicable to complex datasets like DNA sequences and time series, turning abstract data into audible patterns.
keywords: [sonification, software debugging, data mapping, dna sequences, time series, auditory display]
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[Music helps identify software bugs](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992757). I'm sure it can be extended to many other forms of ordered data. DNA sequences, time series, etc.