12 Dec
2001
12 Dec
'01
5:24 a.m.
On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
My recollection from one of her presentations some years ago was that
she claimed to have found the first computer bug in the Eniac - a moth
IIRC - and debugged it by removing said moth.
She was a pretty level headed and down to earth lady.
- don
On December
11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
She coined "debug"; the the use of the word "bug" to denote
a flaw in a design was in common use in Edison's time; some
claim it was coined by early telegraphers.
-dq Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.