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This is well-known to be a moth-myth. This was NOT the first computer bug, nor was it when the term was coined (as the actual article indicates). Grace Hopper w
by andrewljohnson 17y ago
This is well-known to be a moth-myth. This was NOT the first computer bug, nor was it when the term was coined (as the actual article indicates). Grace Hopper was just being clever in her logs.
- roder 17y agoSomeone should let the US Navy know that http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96566kc.htm http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96566kc.ht...
- jcl 17y agoBut that page doesn't claim she invented the word; it claims that she indirectly inspired the use of the word "debugging" in the context of a computer program, which is conceivable.