"So, by the time that glitch entered the space program in the '60s, it had enjoyed a long life in radio and television, referring to a variety of technical problems. And when astronauts used it in a general way for any hitch or snag, it was in fact a return to how glitch was introduced into radio broadcasting circles a few decades earlier."

This was funny :-)
Also... the "fluff" word in there



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I'll come back l8r on the rest of the reply.
Until then i'll leave this here: Ghost recovery.

And btw:
The high voltage spike is rather the effect we perceive which indicates that there is a glitch but not the glitch per se.