The term “bug” in the context of computer programming and electronics troubleshooting originated in 1947 when computer scientist Grace Hopper discovered an actual moth causing a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II computer. Hopper taped the moth in the computer’s logbook and noted, “First actual case of bug being found.” This incident gave rise to the popular term “debugging” for fixing software glitches.
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