World’s First Computer Bug
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On September 9, 1947, a team of computer scientists reported the world’s first computer bug—a moth trapped in their computer at Harvard University.
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Original Title: TIL that the origin of the “computer bug” started in 1947 when the team at Harvard University found that their computer, the Mark II, was delivering consistent errors. When they opened the computer’s hardware, they found a moth.