Bug
A term used to describe issues with hardware or software. For example, Grace Hopper logged and taped a moth bug in a log book that caused issues with the Mark II after it was discovered in one of its components. This is often considered the first use of the term bug; however, there are many other earlier accounts of bug being used to describe a problem with electrical circuits and hardware.
Today, computer software bugs are often resolved by running a software patches and resolvable hardware bugs are fixed with firmware updates or replacement of hardware components.
- Additional information and pictures of the Log Book with the mother still taped in it can be found here.
Also see: Bugfairy, Debug, Error, Exploit, Flaw, Glitch, Patch, Problem, Programming definitions, Vulnerability, Y2K
