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Anniversary of the First Computer Bug

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the am-i-bugging-you-yet dept.

aheath writes "According to the US Naval Historical Center the first computer bug was logged on September 9, 1945 at 15:45: "Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found". They put out the word that they had "debugged" the machine, thus introducing the term "debugging a computer program". The Wikipedia has a "computer bug" entry that lists some other "famous bugs" including the fictional HAL 9000 bug. What is your favorite computer bug story?"

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  1. The Story of Magic by delcielo · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I first heard of this right here on Slashdot. Wish I could remember who posted it that time so that I could give them proper attribution. Oh well.

    http://jargon.watson-net.com/section.asp?f=a-sto ry -about-magic.html

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