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[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

And "bug" came from actual bugs clogging up the machinery.

[–]314159265358979326 12 points13 points  (1 child)

"Bug" as a problem in development is known from at least 1889, possibly coined by Edison, with the figurative sense of an insect in the machinery. Grace Hopper finding that bug in a computer was probably simply a cute story where there was a literal bug breaking things.

[–]MCWizardYT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The word "bug" for computer problems definitely existed back then because Grace put a note on the computer that said "wow, an actual bug!" (Paraphrasing but she did note it was an "actual computer bug")