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Attack of the Irish

Software programming bug caused by user-inputted text containing apostrophes.

Originated from an Irish last name.
When the user entered the name "O'neal, Shaquille" to the form, the application crashed when the user tried to submit because of an Attack of the Irish bug.
by Analyst Drew April 19, 2011
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