2006-11-05 00:02:35 · 7 answers · asked by grumpy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It most likely came from bugger or , like in the case of mosquiotes its Bugging me!
The term bug though is often used in the wrong context. There actually exists an Order of insects known as the "true bugs" this is the order Hemiptera
The words ladybug and pillbug for instance are used in correctly, neither of these are "bugs" according to entomological defintions, the ladyBug is actually a beetle, and the pillbug is actually not even an insect, it s a terrestrial crustation (Isopoda).
I'll share with you some knowledge, if you see the name of an inset that is all one word for instance Mayfly, ladybug, Dragonfly, the name is actually wrong, the mayfly is not a fly, it is an Ephemeroptera, and the dragonfly is not a fly it is an Odonate
However name written with 2 words are often right, such as crane fly and stink bug, these are actuall what they clain to be (diptera and Hemiptera respectively)
hope this helps in some way!!!
2006-11-05 11:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usage of the term "bug" to describe inexplicable defects has been a part of engineering jargon for many decades; it may have originally been used in hardware engineering to describe mechanical malfunctions. For instance, Thomas Edison wrote the following words in a letter to an associate in 1878:
Software bug
It has been just so in all of my inventions. The first step is an intuition, and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise—this thing gives out and [it is] then that "Bugs"—as such little faults and difficulties are called—show themselves and months of intense watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success or failure is certainly reached.[1]
Software bug
Problems with radar electronics during World War II were referred to as bugs (or glitches), and there is additional evidence that the usage dates back much earlier.
Photo of what is possibly the first actual bug found in a computer.
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Photo of what is possibly the first actual bug found in a computer.
The invention of the term is often erroneously attributed to Grace Hopper, who publicized the cause of a malfunction in an early electromechanical computer. A typical version of the story is given by this quote:
Software bug
In 1946, when Hopper was released from active duty, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she continued her work on the Mark II and Mark III. Operators traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book September 9th 1945. Stemming from the first bug, today we call errors or glitch's [sic] in a program a bug. [2]
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Hopper was not actually the one who found the insect, as she readily acknowledged. And the date was September 9, 1947, not of 1945 [4] [5]. The operators who did find it (including William "Bill" Burke, later of the Naval Weapons Laboratory, Dahlgren Va. [3]), were familiar with the engineering term and, amused, kept the insect with the notation "First actual case of bug being found." Hopper loved to recount the story. [6]
While it is certain that the Mark II operators did not coin the term "bug", it has been suggested that they did coin the related term, "debug".
2006-11-05 08:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by CJ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English second edition 1992 paperback edition. The word bug is of unknown origin. The first definition is :1a. any of various insects with mouthparts modified for piercing and sucking. 1b. US small insect.
2006-11-05 10:24:08 · answer #3 · answered by David Y 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was coined by US Navy Captain Grace Hopper in the 50's. They were building and experimenting with computers and one of the tests kept failing. They couldn't understand why until they went inside the computer and found a dead moth was shorting out an electrical connection. Basically, they found a bug in the computer and it stuck.
2006-11-05 08:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No idea. It can mean a few things too if you think about it
A monitoring device
An error in a programme
A creepy crawlie :(
2006-11-05 08:04:18 · answer #5 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bug&searchmode=none
2006-11-05 08:06:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I THINK IT CAME FROM THE WORD BUGGER
2006-11-05 08:15:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋