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To: Kashish King who wrote (4887)5/15/2000 6:47:00 PM
From: BP Ritchie  Read Replies (1) of 5102
 
BUG ... ask any old COBOL Programmer, they all know.

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'I wish I could recall the program since it would put to rest the origin of that term as pre-dating any computer.'

I believe the original use was by Grace Hopper. While describing a problem traced to a relay failure, there was a dead moth (the first 'bug') preventing the contact transfer. I think it was in the 50's ... the machine was a computer.
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