2006-09-10 07:32:47 · 4 answers · asked by lil-tweety 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The exact origin isn't really known. It has somewhat evolved following general usage of the term in engineering.
Thomas Edison used the term in 1878, but of course, he didn't have a computer.
Grace Hopper, Harvard Computation Laboratory, in development of the Mark II electromechanical computer, probably originated the term de-bug, with respect to computers, when a moth was found to be the source of a glitch.
2006-09-10 07:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by 1993 FLSTF 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was literally a bug in the computer that caused an error. Today, hopefully there are not bugs in your computer. Although when I worked at a computer repair shop back in the day, we did have somebody come in with a printer that stopped working, and it turned out it wasn't working because there was a bunch of fly larvae inside. It was really disgusting.
2006-09-10 07:38:02 · answer #2 · answered by Rainier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
back in the days of room-sized computers, the systems were very sensitive to outside disturbances. because of this, the strips of paper and the chips used to run the computers had to be cleaned reguraly. well, one day, when they were working on the computers, the computer gave the same infromation over and over again. they checked all the processors and found a moth on one of the chips. and to this day, we refer to things that don't work in computers as "bugs"
2006-09-10 07:34:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jay Vee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/first_computer_bug.htm
2006-09-10 07:37:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋