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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!not-for-mail From: Nathan Hand <Nathan.Hand@anu.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 02:06:33 +1000 Lines: 14 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3385C089.3B318667@anu.edu.au> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <m3bu6dyd3y.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr> <5lv7kg$oen$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <jR8CBBAo1BhzEwIZ@hayford.demon.co.uk> <5m21vi$es3@chenab.lums.edu.pk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.148.97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b3C (X11; I; Linux 2.0.29 i586) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45300 comp.os.linux.misc:176492 comp.os.linux.x:62241 alt.os.linux:21479 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3369 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41405 gnu.misc.discuss:31423 comp.unix.solaris:107230 Sohail Aslam wrote: > > Switching subjects: the october 1996 issue of IEEE 'Computer', vol. 29, no. 10, > has a picture of the 'moth' that got fried in Mark II's relay. This led to > the term 'bug'. The term "bug" has been used in engineering circles since the late 1800's to describe machinery which wasn't quite working. The moth in the relay is just another one of the urban myths, but it's a damn good one, I admit! -- Open mind for a different view, and nothing else matters.