It's a big day in test history.
Today, in 1947, the first actual computer bug was discovered.
While searching for the cause of a hardware fault, a moth was found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator at Harvard.
The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found." The logbook, and the moth, are now in the Smithsonian.
In other words, the bug never actually went away--it was just documented!
Today, in 1947, the first actual computer bug was discovered.
While searching for the cause of a hardware fault, a moth was found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator at Harvard.
The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found." The logbook, and the moth, are now in the Smithsonian.
In other words, the bug never actually went away--it was just documented!
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