NASA scientists are developing a software ‘checker program’ to find ‘bugs’ in spacecraft computer code more quickly and accurately to improve space mission safety. Ever since a moth crawled into an ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The first-ever computer bug was a moth that got caught between the relay contacts of a Harvard Mark II computer on September 9, 1947. Since ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. American engineers have been calling ...

You can expect some computer bugs when dealing with laptops designed for students, but what about actual bugs? According to WRAL, families of students at Riverside High School in Durham, N.C. are ...

The global Microsoft outage even messed with coffee orders. Starbucks, airports, the RMV, hospitals, banks, retail stores, trains and TV stations were all bit by the computer bug. “We lost our mobile ...

As the Y2K computer bug and new millennium approach, some people are getting nervous. Some are "heading for the hills" while others are stocking their homes in case computer crashes disrupt their ...

Discussion on the first use of the term "computer bug" by Grace Murray Hopper. Article in "IEEE annals of the history of computing," vol. 20, no. 4, October-December ...

Moth taped to computer log OK, the history of computer bugs didn’t really begin on this date (see “Moth in the machine” for the real story), but nevertheless, its anniversary seems a perfect time to ...