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From: imp@marvin.Solbourne.COM (Warner Losh)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 1 of 6
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.003612.26478@Solbourne.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 90 00:36:12 GMT
References: <1YbxCV#0YFHYG9zh4Tw3Ytjsy4ddrOM=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> <207@frcs.UUCP>
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In article <207@frcs.UUCP> paul@frcs.UUCP (Paul Nash) writes:
>I have heard this attributed to Rear Admiral (retd) Grace Hopper, who 
>had a malfunctioning program.  The cause was traced to a fried moth in
>the back of the computer.

While this is true, the use of bug goes back much farther.  There was
a long thread on this topic somewhere a while back.  People posted
enimilogies from the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) that show that
the usage dates back much farther than the 1940's.  If someone has the
discussion archived, then would they be so kind as to post it.

Warner


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