Author: Vincent Vega
Date: 21:19:14 03/23/00
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On March 24, 2000 at 00:06:12, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On March 23, 2000 at 21:57:17, Daniel Chancey wrote: > >> Third Millionare!!! (off topic) >> >>$1,000,000 question. >> >> >>Which insect shortened out an early supercomputer that gave it it's term: >>"Computer Bug?" > >I have been told by a number of sources that this is an urban legend. =/ > >-Tom From alt.folklore.urban FAQ: T. In 1947 a moth was found in a relay of the Harvard Mark II machine, and taped into the logbook as the "first actual case of bug being found". T. The log book used to be in building 1200 "K-lab" of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division. Now at the Smithsonian MoAH. F. Grace Hopper coined the term "bug" as a result of this event. T. Grace Hopper was a programmer for the Mark II and often told the moth story. T. "Bug" was used to mean a design defect as far back as Edison's time. T = True, F = False
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