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by grymoire1 3448 days ago
Incorrect. It was the first case of a software bug being an actual bug. In other words - a true pun. The first computer bug was found in 1843 by Ada Lovelace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug#History Thomas Edison used the term bug to indicate a flaw in 1873 http://theinstitute.ieee.org/tech-history/technology-history...
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saycheese 3448 days ago
Concept of insects getting into computing machines is likely as old as such machines; oldest I'm aware of might be the Antikythera mechanism, which some estimate to be as old as 200BC.

As for the "correctness" of "bug" - appears you agree this is the first historically documented reference to an insect being the source of a computing error and the "quotes" infer this means insect, though agree this might not be obvious to some.

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Retric 3448 days ago
Punch card's date back to 1725 so the term may relate to literal bugs. Though, not in what we think of as computers.
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coldpie 3448 days ago
Language nit-pick: in English, we just use "s" to make words plural, no apostrophe is needed. The correct way to make "card" plural is "cards."
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dep_b 3447 days ago
Like oxen, geese or sheep?
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