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IT Myths: The tallest tech tales, all in one place
Comment While some readers felt it was an open and shut case that Grace Hopper coined the phrase (similar usage, it turns out, goes all the way back to a pre-computer Will Shakespeare), most of us are in general... [01 Aug 2003]
IT Myths: Buggin' out - the history of a word we all hate
News The most common and (somewhat erroneously) accepted explanation for the origin of the term 'bug', however, stems from an incident involving software pioneer and IT's earliest first lady, Grace Murray... [31 Jul 2003]
Bugs! But who should take the blame?
Comment In the 1940s, Grace Hopper, keeper of the mighty Harvard Mark 2, found the cause of its inexplicable breakdown - a moth. She noted in her log book: "The first case of a bug actually being found. A bug is... [20 Feb 2002]
