Comments on: The World’s First Computer Bug

By: Rob Gates

Rob Gates — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:58:02 +0000

There are several errors in the text concerning the computer bug. Grace Hopper neither found the computer bug nor taped it in the log. The technician who did both was Bill Burke. Bill came to the Naval Proving Grounds in Dahlgren, VA when the computer was moved there. Bill brought the logbook pictured above with him. The logbook was donated to the Smithsonian in the early 1990s.

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Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:04:13 +0000

[...] in 1951 when computers were the size of rooms and a computer bug could quite literally be an unfortunate moth or spider that crawled across the circuitry and shorted something out among vacuum tubes, lit bulbs [...]

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bobboynton sent an edit. | gooseGrade — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:56 +0000

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By: marketyourself (Marketing You!)

marketyourself (Marketing You!) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:31:46 +0000

The first computer bug – http://tinyurl.com/5ss3du

By: ajay

ajay — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:43 +0000

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By: Peter Evers

Peter Evers — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:23:26 +0000

Thanks for enlightening me, Boris! I was wondering that a couple of times actually, great info.

By: 2¢ Worth » Just So You’ll Know

2¢ Worth » Just So You’ll Know — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:36:25 +0000

[...] the Next Web post to learn more about Hoper and the Early Computing post for a lot of information about the early [...]