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The first recorded computer bug was indeed an insect, a moth smashed in the contacts of a relay of the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer. It caused a hardware malfunction not a software problem though. There were certainly many hardware & software problems before it though!!
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What is Poland's national insect?
no bug
How do you say bug or insect in Latin?
"cimex"
Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term computer bug?
a moth was smashed in a relay (blocking current flow, not shorting anything) of the Harvard Mark II (a very slow electromechanical computer, nowhere near a supercomputer).actually the term bug had been in use for decades for machine malfunctions.
Where did the name computer bug come from?
that someone found a mouth on the fan and thts where they got the name fromThe term "bug" had been in use for any malfunction or error of a machine long before electronic digital computers existed.Its first use referring to a computer problem was on the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer, when a moth got smashed inside the contacts of a relay causing a failure. When the failure was located and the moth removed from the relay, the operator on that shift taped it to the logbook below the entry on the failure and labeled it First Computer Bug. That morning Grace Murray Hopper came on duty and read the logbook and thought it was a great story to tell every time she spoke somewhere. The first computer bug wasn't even in an electronic computer, the Harvard Mark II was electromechanical & it was not a softwareproblem but a hardware problem.
Who was the first person to discover the first computer bug?
Grace Hopper, USN. It was actually a moth that got caught between the contacts of relay #70 on panel F in an electromechanical computer at Harvard and got beaten to death. She found it taped it into the logbook with the problem description written by the technicians who had found and fixed the problem the night before. She added to their description "First actual case of bug being found.", but she was not the one that actually found it in the machine.
What insect that was responsible for shorting out an early super computer inspired the term computer bug?
Moth
What bugs do you get in the real life issues?
a magazine and a bug/insect in resin
How to say bug in German?
Bug, as in insect, is die Wanze or das Insekt. Bug, as in computer bug, could be said a number of ways, like: Programmfehler.
What insect shorted out an early supercomputerand inspired the term computer bug?
Moth
Is a bug a insect?
no a bug is another word for insect.
Is a sow bug an insect?
A sow bug is NOT an insect. It is an insopod.
Is a lady bug a bug or an insect?
A lady bird is the british version of a lady bug, it is an Insect.
Is a chinch bug an insect or bug?
Insect and bug. All bugs are insects, not all insects are bugs.
Is a wasp a bug?
A wasp is an insect,and therefore a bug.
Is a rat a bug?
No. A bug is an insect. A rat is a rodent.
What is the different between bug and insect?
nothing, bug is for more younger kids ,insect is more formal
What is New Yorks state insect?
New York state insect is a lady bug
