What was the first recorded computer “bug” in history (and how was it documented)?
Hint 1: It was literally an insect causing an issue in a relay of an early computer.
Hint 2: Grace Hopper’s team found a moth in the Harvard Mark II and taped it into the logbook.
Solution:
The first documented computer “bug” was an actual moth found stuck in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer on September 9, 1947. Grace Hopper’s team removed it and logged it in the logbook. This incident popularized the terms “bug” and “debugging” for computer glitches.
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