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What's everyone's favorite bug?
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Wasn't the original computer bug an actual insect that was found inside of a computer causing a short? If so, that one.
a moth.
the computer was a Harvard Mark II, though it should be noted that "bug" was used in engineering to refer to flaws in machines since before electronic computers existed, so it might not be the origin, but it's the first time someone logged finding a bug in a computer,
Yeah, the log entry made it extremely clear that it was a pun on the existing term.