And that's exactly the type of thing that I'm talking about. The stuff on the Gear only is able to work because of coded messages. If one letter or number somehow is missing, added, or changed... It screws with the entire thing. Corrupts it.

If this world works the same way, running on coded messages, then it's logical to assume that every now and then, the code becomes unreadable. That's exactly what a glitch is.