Grace Hopper also had the best documented bug ever -- this is a page from the operators' journal for the Marc II computer, where she taped down the moth that worked its way inside and caused a short circuit.
It's frequently said she coined the term "bug" and "debugging" based on this event, but that's apparently apocryphal, and the terms were in use prior to this. She was punning on this existing use in her journal.
Yes!!! I love how she found a real, live bug and that's the same phrase we use today :) I wish we could've included even more about her in the video (she did SO MUCH), but we wanted to keep them short and sweet, so we just focused on the compiler!
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Grace Hopper also had the best documented bug ever -- this is a page from the operators' journal for the Marc II computer, where she taped down the moth that worked its way inside and caused a short circuit.
Hopper's Journal
It's frequently said she coined the term "bug" and "debugging" based on this event, but that's apparently apocryphal, and the terms were in use prior to this. She was punning on this existing use in her journal.
Yes!!! I love how she found a real, live bug and that's the same phrase we use today :) I wish we could've included even more about her in the video (she did SO MUCH), but we wanted to keep them short and sweet, so we just focused on the compiler!