№ 0005 Claim Open Drafted by AI Starter case
The word “bug” for a technical fault comes from a moth found inside a computer in 1947
The term “bug”
The story of the moth in the Harvard Mark II is real. But is it where the term comes from?
Timeline
Key dates of the case and events from the evidence, in order.
- A moth was taped into the Mark II logbook on 9 September 1947 Harvard University
- The case was opened