Coding Bugs

Have you ever had to deal with a computer bug? How about a real one? Harvard's Mark II computer malfunctioned in 1947 due to a moth – a real, live bug, entering a relay. A technician discovered the moth while inspecting the computer. It was noted in the logbook as the "First real bug found." However, commonly mistaken by everyone, this is not where this term originated from. As early as Thomas Edison, the term "bug" was used by him to describe problems in his invention and then it was widely used in technical circles by also the Soviet Union which later became popular to use to describe errors that affected the performance of programs.