Eric S. Raymond on Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:50:07 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] ENIAC


William H. Magill <magill@mcgillsociety.org>:
> However, the story was part and parcel of Grace's presentations (along 
> with her "nanosecond" piece of wire. It's documented in the various 
> histories about ENIAC.
> 
> But it IS where the term "debug" came from.

Actually, no, it isn't. See <http://www.tuxedo.org/jargon/html/entry/bug.html>.
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