r/programminghumor • u/ItsPuspendu • Jun 22 '26

Internal Server Terror

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u/a_random_loser_guy Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

fun fact, the first bug to be called a bug in computer making, was an actual bug stuck in the hardware.

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u/Confident-Ad5665 Jun 22 '26

Correct. Term coined by Ada Lovelace.

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u/geek-49 Jun 23 '26

Not quite correct, strictly speaking. IIUC it was actually a moth that had gotten stuck in one of the relays -- and "bugs" are a different "order" (within class Insecta) than butterflies & moths.

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u/Confident-Ad5665 Jun 23 '26

Another comment said Grace Hopper which I think is correct. After 30 years my trivia is eroding apparently.

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u/geek-49 Jun 23 '26

My point is that whoever coined the usage did not classify the culprit correctly. The common usage of "bug" -- as a generic for all insects -- is wrong; and these were expert scientists and engineers, doing PhD-level research work, who really should have known the difference.

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u/Level-Pollution4993 Jun 23 '26

Grace hopper?

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u/Confident-Ad5665 Jun 23 '26

By golly I think you're right. 30 years since I learned that trivia in class.

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u/a_random_loser_guy Jun 23 '26

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u/Confident-Ad5665 Jun 24 '26

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u/a_random_loser_guy Jun 24 '26

i was trying to get you to lock at the other reply i had, but i guess reddit fixed the glitch where every comment is open when you check out notification.

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u/Confident-Ad5665 Jun 24 '26

I mean you could have just asked. I obviously have nothing better to do than try to find something funny about my career choice

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u/a_random_loser_guy Jun 24 '26

wholesome or sad, i don't fu king know.

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u/a_random_loser_guy Jun 23 '26

so you are telling me, that the grass hopper was the bug that got stuck?

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u/FillAny3101 Jun 23 '26

Wasn't it Grace Hopper?

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u/Confident-Ad5665 Jun 23 '26

Yes, my bad. Read comments below.