Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:7678 comp.unix.internals:1220 comp.misc:10731 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!mdivax1!mitchell 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: <1990Dec5.024705.10989@mdivax1.uucp> Date: 5 Dec 90 02:47:05 GMT References: <1YbxCV#0YFHYG9zh4Tw3Ytjsy4ddrOM=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> <207@frcs.UUCP> Reply-To: mdivax1!mdisea!mitchell (Bill Mitchell) Organization: Mobile Data International Lines: 19 Return-Path: Apparently-To: van-bc!rnews In article <207@frcs.UUCP> paul@frcs.UUCP (Paul Nash) writes: >Thus spake eric@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond): > >> BUG [from telephone terminology, ``bugs in a telephone cable'', blamed >> for noisy lines] n. An unwanted and unintended property of a >> program, esp. one which causes it to malfunction. See FEATURE. > >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. > Somewhere in the back of a dusty file drawer I have a xerox of a mazine article which printed a photo of Grace Hopper's logbook entry about the bug - with the bug itself (beaten to death by relay contacts) taped to the page. -- mitchell@mdi.com (Bill Mitchell) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com