In 1943, Navy officer Grace Hopper found a glitch in her computer. After investigating, she discovered the system had a bug, a real one. Turns out, a moth made its way into Hopper's computer.
Though the word bug has meant fault or defect since as far back as the 1870's, Hopper's story is credited with making it the synonym of choice in the computer industry.
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