QuickCheck: Did the term computer bug come from a real insect?

By GISELE SOO

"Chip bug versus chip bug" - Photo courtesy of Windell Oskay (CC BY 2.0).

COMPUTERS have become an indispensable part of our lives, whether it be for work or personal use.

And nothing frustrates a computer user more than a technical malfunction; also known as a computer "bug". Many have speculated that the terminology came from a real incident where an insect made a computer malfunction.

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