The first computer bug was a literal bug.
To be exact, a moth.
On Sept 9, 1947, a moth got trapped in Harvard University's Mark II computer -- causing multiple errors.
This bug disrupted the electronics inside the Mark II.
Here's a photo of that first computer bug.
@atomicpoet Back in college one of our teachers told us about this incident, he had a very humorous style and made the occasional wife joke. Between the laughs we learned how the first computer bug had been fried in the vacuum tubes, causing the malfunction.
(turns out it wasn't a vacuum tube, it was a relay, so perhaps it got electrocuted instead of burnt?)
Anyway, the programmer wins: It was a hardware error 😁
Chris Trottier
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