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Subj: First Computer Bug
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The First Use of "Bug" in the Context of Computing September 9, 1945
On September 9, 1945 Grace Hopper, testing Aiken's Harvard Mark II Relay
Calculator, found that a large dead moth, trapped between points at
Relay #70, Panel F, caused the relay to fail. She removed the bug
and entered the dead insect into a log book with the note, "First
actual case of bug being found." This was first use of the term "bug"
within the context of computing, and also perhaps the origin of the
concept of "debugging" within the context of computing.
73, Scott kf5jrv
KF5JRV @ KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA
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