RIP: Betty Holberton - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Dec 2001

On December 12, Don Maslin wrote:
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      If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr.
Adm. Grace Hopper. 
 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.  
 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. 
  ...in spite of the whole COBOL thing. 8-|

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL