It is said that when a renowned and seminal computer scientist "Grace Hopper" was working on a project in 1950's, one of her computer machines (a massive part-electrical part-mechanical) broke down because there was an actual bug (insect) in one of the circuits.
Women in tech history: Grace Hopper – Admiral, programmer, and rebel. |
The insects caused the valves breaks, so the entire computer didn't work as expected. So engineers had to search the bug. That explains :) There's a good and interesting article about Mrs Hopper who was an incredible and pioneer woman in the computer science history:
Women in tech history: Grace Hopper – Admiral, programmer, and rebel
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