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From: stremler@rohan.sdsu.edu (Stewart Stremler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Followup-To: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Date: 23 May 1997 17:12:19 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University
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Nathan Hand (Nathan.Hand@anu.edu.au) wrote:
[snip]
> The term "bug" has been used in engineering circles since the late 1800's
> to describe machinery which wasn't quite working. The moth in the relay
> is just another one of the urban myths, but it's a damn good one, I
> admit!
The moth in the relay "actually happened" from all the reliable sources
I've seen; I don't think that constitutes and "urban myth". The assertion
that the moth was the origin of the term "debugging" could be such a
myth, however.
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