Barnacle (slang) in the field in order to correct a design or manufacturing defect. The term appears to have originated from the crustacean barnacle which is an animal that attaches itself to rocks, docks, ships, whales, and other objects where it grows. A barnacle in electronics is something added to the manufactured product. Typically a barnacle on a circuit board is very noticeable, much like the mollusc variety on a rock in the sea. While the term was originally used with electronic hardware, it has also migrated into the software industry where is it is used to describe software that is added
Pete Barnacle on three albums: "Outland" (1987), "Price You Pay" (1988) and "SOD's Law" in 1992. This band also toured in 1991 billed as Theatre Of Hate. Since 2006, formed the band GoDoG together Sakate Sōtarō and Hashimoto Hiroyuk. The line-up of Gillan in which he played was: Ian Gillan also sang for the bands Deep Purple, Ian Gillan Band, and Black Sabbath. Barnacle is named as a musician on Gillan's self-titled album although he never actually played on the album, but performed live with the band. The line-up of Girl in which he played was: Pete Barnacle played on the Girl