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From that day on, the act of removing errors became known as “debugging.” The word “bug” itself was used in engineering circles since the time of Thomas Edison, but the Mark II moth cemented its place in computing lore. Today, you can even view that logbook at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
: A classic 1975 study by J.D. Gould that explores the cognitive process behind finding errors. 2. Specialized Technical Papers
Computer scientist Grace Hopper and her team working on the Harvard Mark II computer discovered a literal moth trapped in a relay, which was causing the system to malfunction. They taped the insect into the team's logbook with the notation, "First actual case of bug being found." From that point forward, diagnosing software and hardware glitches became universally known as debugging. The Core Psychology of Debugging
The faster you move from Denial to Acceptance, the faster you will debug.
