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The first recorded computer "bug" was a real moth.

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In 1947, engineers working on the Harvard Mark II computer found a moth stuck in a relay and taped it into the logbook with the note "First actual case of bug being found." The term "bug" for faults was already in use, but the moth made it famous.

Source: Software bug (Wikipedia)

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