| ▲ | rkomorn 7 hours ago |
| Isn't that story more myth than reality? The history section of the Wikipedia entry for "bug" [1] suggests it predates computers by decades. 1- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(engineering) |
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| ▲ | bregma 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's also more moth than reality. Moths are, technically [0], not bugs. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera |
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| ▲ | direwolf20 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't think there's a precise scientific definition of "bug" | | |
| ▲ | peaseagee 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes and no. There's a group called "true bugs" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera as linked above). "Bug" in the common sense doesn't have a precise definition (small arthropod that may or may not be a pest to humans is about as precise as I feel I can get), but there _is_ a scientific definition of "true bug". |
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| ▲ | rkomorn 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | This is the kind of response I appreciate. Thank you! |
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| ▲ | vidarh 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The actual story is not myth. It just isn't the origin of the term. Hopper's note didn't suggest the word was new, but was funny exactly because it was not. |
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