Timeline for What is the difference between bug and defect?
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| Jun 24, 2016 at 5:10 | comment | added | IAmMilinPatel | Yes it does, but those prior usages are not computer/software bugs. They are more of hardware/electrical engineers references. For example, the Thomas Edison example mentioned in Wikipedia page. The article also refers to the story that Niels van Reijmersdal has written!!! | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 18:57 | comment | added | David Schwartz | The Wikipedia page points to numerous prior usages of the word "bug". | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 16:00 | comment | added | Niels van Reijmersdal | Maybe they envisioned that a bug would break the system? This is the story I also learned at school though. Also mentioned on the Wikipedia, so it must be true ;-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 15:54 | comment | added | David Schwartz | This obviously can't be where the word "bug" came from. If the word "bug" didn't already refer to a problem or defect, why would they say "First actual case of bug being found."? | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 13:35 | history | edited | Niels van Reijmersdal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 23, 2016 at 13:25 | history | edited | Niels van Reijmersdal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 23, 2016 at 12:49 | history | answered | Niels van Reijmersdal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |