Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Very First Computer Bug

Who knew that computer "bugs" went back so far?  The People History posted this item about the first case of a computer bug on September 9, 1945
First bug discovered in computer software program when operators at the Harvard Faculty Computation Laboratory traced an error in the Mark II computer to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book September 9th 1945.

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