What is the origin of the term troubleshooting?

Question

When, where, and who first coined the term?

Answer 1

Etymology: from the early 20th century: originally applied to the tracing of faults in telegraph or telephone wires



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Answer 2

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term trouble-shooter
was preceeded by the earlier term trouble-hunter. Both terms were
used in reference to telephone lines in the late 19th/early 20th
centuries.

The trouble-hunters found and then repaired telephone line problems.
It seems a natural progression from "hunter" to "shooter", though this
isn't explicitly stated in the OED.

The earliest reference to the term "trouble-shooter" cited by the OED is from 1905:


"Strand Mag...A good looking young ‘trouble-shooter’as a mender of
telephone lines is called had..asked her to marry him..."

The OED also refers users to a related term, "trouble-hunter", and
give an 1882 reference to the term, also from telephone repair:


"1882 T. D. LOCKWOOD Pract. Information for Telephonists...Every
movement made for an accurate preliminary test frequently saves an
hour of happy-go-lucky trouble hunting..."