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So, does anybody know why in telegraph jargon they started referring to "false signals" as "bugs"?
by darkwater 4y ago
So, does anybody know why in telegraph jargon they started referring to "false signals" as "bugs"?
- pvtmert 4y agoprobably due to clicking or chirping noise caused by old/rusty/faulty wires
- swalberg 4y agoI was wondering the same. The picture accompanying that text was a plate from a Vibroplex Bug, a semiautomatic telegraph key. https://infostory.com/2013/08/27/debugging-the-origin-of-the-term-bug/ https://infostory.com/2013/08/27/debugging-the-origin-of-the... talks a bit more about the bug trap and the false signals.