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that someone found a mouth on the fan and thts where they got the name from
The 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.
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∙ 13y agothe very first computer problem left IT technicians baffled. when they opened up the machine, they found a dead insect and determined that it was causing the problem. from then all computer problems and inconsistencies are called bugs.
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What phrase Grace Hopper coined?
There is a google article about her 107th birthday (Dec. 9, 2013) where it describes the "bug" that she found while they were testing the computer (Mark I Electromechanical Computing Machine). The anecdotal story is that the moth they found was a bug and that they debugged the machine.
Was the first computer bug a real insect?
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!!
What was the name of the fisrt computer video game?
the first video game to ever come out was before pong and it was called
What is the name of a 1940 computer?
mena computer is the name of 1940 computer
Who first used the term bug in computer programming and where did this occur?
moth in computer in 1952The 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 in 1947, 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.
What name is given to an error in a computer game?
Virus
What is the least popular bug?
A computer bug, also known by its scientific name uno grando nuisance.Sorry, couldn't help myself...
Did the word bug come from the fact that insects bug us or did you name insects bugs because they bug us?
"Bug" meaning "insect" dates from about 1622. "Bug" meaning "annoy" didn't start until 1949, and yes, probably did come from the fact that insects are annoying.
Where did the term debug come from?
'Debug' means 'remove bugs'. In computing terms, remove software faults. Bug is said to have come from an actual bug that caused a fault in an early computer. I don't think this story is verified.
Where did the name Microsoft come from?
computer technology, computer program
How do you get a bug out of a TV?
if you want a bug to come out of the t.v you have to do magic to get a bug out of the t.v
What is a computer bug?
any problem in the computer's hardware or software..
What is first computer bug?
The word "bug" in computer terminology refers to an unexpected glitch that a program may execute by accident. The first computer bug was an actual bug! I forget how the story goes, but one day someone was opening up their computer to fix it because something was wrong with it, and they found a dead moth inside!
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 erases spyware from your computer?
bug zappers
What name is given to an error in a computer programma?
An error in a computer program is called a bug. Prior to releasing programs, developers will debug them, making sure there are no errors in the final version.
What term was supposedly coined after a moth found its way into a computer called Mk1 at the Harvard University in 1945 and caused its malfunction?
bug - a computer bug
