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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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Is there a bug thread ? n/t [View all] CincyDem Nov 2023 OP

You mean like spotted grasshoppers? They are a plague. /nt bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #1

lol Bug really were the first thing that came to mind .nt bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #4

The term did start with the real thing (moth, not grasshopper) CincyDem Nov 2023 #5

You're in it. State your bug. marybourg Nov 2023 #2

My bug. CincyDem Nov 2023 #6

Thanks for the report EarlG Nov 2023 #7