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DO you know HOW,WHERE and WHEN the term Computer "BUG" originated?

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The "First" computer was arguably the Mark I built in 1944 at Harvard University.
One day the computer developed a glitch and after hours of searching for the problem it turned out a moth had entered the system, landed on a circuit and shorted it out. From that time until this, a computer glitch has been known as a BUG.
 
A moth in the mainframe, right?

edit: wanted to type before I read, I guess I was right...I thought it was in ENIAC too, but that could be wrong.
 
Moth in the mainframe, yep. I remember seeing this on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' a long time ago. Was the million dollar question :Q
 
DO you know HOW,WHERE and WHEN the term Computer "BUG" originated?
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absolutely. The "First" computer was arguably the Mark I built in 1944 at Harvard University.
One day the computer developed a glitch and after hours of searching for the problem it turned out a moth had entered the system, landed on a circuit and shorted it out. From that time until this, a computer glitch has been known as a BUG.
 
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Moth in the mainframe, yep. I remember seeing this on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' a long time ago. Was the million dollar question :Q
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it was also on You Don't Know Jack
 
Originally posted by: richardycc
Bonus question: do you know who coined that word?














Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
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Who could forget a name like that. 😀

Mr. Miyagi: Patience, young Grace Hopper


Edit: As a computer science major, the only two female names I recall hearing were Grace Hopper and Ada Lovelace.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Yes, there was a literal bug that touched leads on certain tubes.

You know, back then we used tubes.
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According to Sen. Stevens, we still use them to power the internet 😉
 
Originally posted by: Special K
Originally posted by: spidey07
Yes, there was a literal bug that touched leads on certain tubes.

You know, back then we used tubes.
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According to Sen. Stevens, we still use them to power the internet 😉
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Don't start with me. It's a very good analogy. It really is a series of tubes.
 
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