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Answer for the clue "A program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors ", 8 letters:
debugger

Word definitions for debugger in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A debugger or debugging tool is a computer program that is used to test and debug other programs (the "target" program). The code to be examined might alternatively be running on an instruction set simulator (ISS), a technique that allows great power in ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context programming English) A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.

Usage examples of debugger.

He resumed passing the debugger over Slaughter's clothing and eventually found the second tiny audio device.

If it cannot be, through media failure, a good debugger will rewrite the program around the damaged sector.

The Net itself was the biggest employer in the Bay Area Metroplex, requiring such a vast number of operators, technicians, programmers, debuggers, hacker-security officers, database assistants, maintenance specialists, hardware engineers, systems administrators, not to mention the hordes of accountants, secretaries, administrators, and other electronic paper pushers.