Sunday, April 1, 2012

Why is a Computer Problem Called a “Bug” And Where Did the Term Originate?


Grace Hopper led the team that developed the first large-scale computer for the American Navy in 1945.
After troubleshooting an unexplained problem for days, they finally found the cause to be a two-inch bug, a moth, that had gotten stuck in the relay system.
And that’s how the term bug was coined.
From then on, all unexplained computer problems were called bugs.

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