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Old 02-05-2007, 10:04 PM
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I am always curious as to the foundations of words and terms and in computer lingo there are many everyday terms that are adopted as computer lingo:

One of those terms "bug" did originate with an actual mishap with a insect..the insect being a "moth"

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Old 02-06-2007, 03:07 PM
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Well there was a mini contest about this on this forum a few weeks ago won by sidewinder if im not mistaken!!
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Well there was a mini contest about this on this forum a few weeks ago won by sidewinder if im not mistaken!!
Yup, here is the thread: **Contest POINTS**: Where did the term bug come from?
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Some of the newbies may not know of that contest that has now passed thanks for pointing this out.
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Yeah I read about that moth thing some time ago. I found it quite interesting.
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I read that in readers digest, it's amazing eh?
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