A small problem.
A spike caused by the skew of switches or logic. Glitches are a troublesome source of error in high-speed D/A convertors and they are most prevalent at the mid scale switching location.

(Irregular plural: hitches).
1. A knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it.
2. Connects a vehicle to the load that it pulls.
3. The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg; SYN. hobble, limp.

ETYM Prov. Eng., n, a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off.
1. Any hook-like protuberance.
2. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
3. A small problem.
4. A catch in a fishing line when the hook has caught on weeds or other matter below the surface.