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Just learned that the first 'bug' in code was literally an actual moth stuck in a relay back in 1947

Saw it on a random history of computing site while looking up something else - Grace Hopper's team pulled it out and taped it in the logbook. Has anyone else stumbled onto old computer history stuff that blew their mind?
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zarapalmer
zarapalmer2d agoMost Upvoted
Was that actually a real moth stuck in the circuits?
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the_jason
the_jason2d agoMost Upvoted
Did your friend ever have that issue where a little bug got into their computer fan and made that awful clicking noise? Mine had a cricket stuck in the AC unit once, drove them crazy for days until they found it.
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