From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,21b3f6811a7b30be X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) Subject: Re: "Bugs" Date: 1997/01/29 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 212985635 references: <5ahf34$snd$1@news.nyu.edu> <5aitud$hjr@top.mitre.org> <5cm8k8$pd@server1.erinet.com> organization: Ada Consulting newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <5cm8k8$pd@server1.erinet.com>, jhopper@erinet.com (Jim Hopper) wrote about the use of "bug": > actually i belive it was grace hopper who first used this term in > conjunction with an insect that was taken out of a computer. i have a > dim memory of seeing a picture of her holding the bug with up with some > tweezers or the like to be photographed. also that she taped said bug > in a logbook and recorded it. but like i say its a dim memory. I've seen that picture (or one a lot like it), in Annals of the History of Computing. The story of taping the remains of the bug to the log also appeared there. That's a referreed journal. But, the fact that Grace Hooper used the term "bug" that way does not mean that the term hadn't been in use earlier to refer to a defect. American Heritage Dictionary says (online version 4.0) 4. a. A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design. b. Computer Science: A defect in the code or routine of a program. Thus they note its use in our field but indicate its broader applicability. Art Evans Arthur Evans Jr, PhD Phone: 412-963-0839 Ada Consulting FAX: 412-963-0927 461 Fairview Road Pittsburgh PA 15238-1933 evans@evans.pgh.pa.us