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1947: Harvard engineers working on the Mark II computer find a moth stuck to one of the relays. They tape it to a logbook and write "First actual case of a bug
by Zecc 2mo ago
1947: Harvard engineers working on the Mark II computer find a moth stuck to one of the relays. They tape it to a logbook and write "First actual case of a bug being found" and introduce the words 'bug' and 'debug' in the context of programming.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_334663 https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_33466...
- gwynforthewyn 2mo agoSadly, this one's a myth. If you check the wikipedia page for Bug as an engineering term (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_%28engineering%29#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_%28engineering%29#History), its usage is traced back to the 1870s.
- Zecc 1mo agoIt's not a myth, as far as I can tell. Note I didn't say they invented the term (though, granted, I inadvertently did imply it I suppose). In any case it likely helped popularize it.
- satiated_grue 1mo agoThis event is not mythical. That is why the log entry says "First /actual/ case of a bug being found". It's a humorous pointing out of "We've called them bugs for a long time, but this time it actually was a real, physical bug, and here it is - ha ha." The myth is that people for some reason started thinking that was the first use of the word "bug" in this context.