MAKE A MEME View Large Image H96566k.jpg The First Computer Bug Moth found trapped between points at Relay 70 Panel F of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University 9 September 1947 The operators affixed the moth to the computer ...
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Keywords: H96566k.jpg The First Computer Bug Moth found trapped between points at Relay 70 Panel F of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University 9 September 1947 The operators affixed the moth to the computer log with the entry First actual case of bug being found The term debugging already existed; thus finding an actual bug was an amusing occurrence In 1988 the log with the moth still taped by the entry was in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Computer Museum at Dahlgren Virginia which erroneously dated it 9 September 1945 The Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History and other sources have the correct date of 9 September 1947 Object ID 1994 0191 01 The Harvard Mark II computer was not complete until the summer of 1947 Removed caption read Photo NH 96566-KB First Computer Bug 1945 U S Naval Historical Center Online Library Photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/images/h96000/h96566kc htm NH 96566-KN 1947-09-09 Courtesy of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren VA 1988 PD-USGov-Military-Navy other versions http //americanhistory si edu/collections/search/object/nmah_334663 Grace Hopper History of computing Software quality assurance Computer bugs
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