Nope! It's a recurring case of false etymology ;)
Check your sources @fermatslibrary!
https://www.jstor.org/stable/455415 (spoiler: bugs were around since Edison's time)
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False etymology, true entomology.
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g r a s s h o p p e r
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Grace Hopper? This is nothing compared to the Australian Dingo that insinuated itself into the mainframe of the University of Sydney computer used for class registration in 1967. As a result 3,062 schedules were modified and led to a glut of insurance actuaries in the 1970’s.
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"First actual case of bug being found" is the full line
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@Qkuantumm,@Utepils7,@bennygdl el primer bug de la historia de la computaciónThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Too bad for her that
#bugbounty programs weren't a thing back in the days...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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ancestor of all the bugs
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The term is way older than computers
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It’s a true story. She also took with her a short string depicting a nanosecond. That’s how much electricity travels in one nanosecond. She is also attributed to design the COBOL lang but she was only the DoD rep having input on the design of such a horrible Lang w/ALTR stmt.
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