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CincyDem

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5. The term did start with the real thing (moth, not grasshopper)
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 02:32 PM
Nov 2023
https://www.dbvis.com/thetable/why-are-they-called-bugs/#:~:text=The%20term%20%22computer%20bug%22%20originated,lodged%20in%20the%20machine%27s%20hardware.



The term "computer bug" originated from a real-life insect. The first recorded instance of a bug causing a technical malfunction occurred in 1947 when engineers working on the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator, an early computer at Harvard University, found a moth lodged in the machine's hardware. This moth was causing an electrical fault, disrupting the system's normal operations.

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