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A bug in [[Glossary:Software|software]] or [[Glossary:Firmware|firmware]] is a coding error causing unexpected or erroneous operation. The first documented use of the term in respect of computers relates to a dead moth which caused faulty operation in a [[Glossary:Relay|relay]] in an early electro-mechanical computer. However, the term had been used by engineers for many years previously in a wider context.
A bug in [[Glossary:Software|software]] or [[Glossary:Hardware|hardware]] is a coding error causing unexpected or erroneous operation. The first documented use of the term in respect of computers relates to a dead moth which was causing faulty operation of a [[Glossary:Relay|relay]] in an early electro-mechanical computer. However, the term had been used by engineers for many years previously in a wider context.

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A bug in software or hardware is a coding error causing unexpected or erroneous operation. The first documented use of the term in respect of computers relates to a dead moth which was causing faulty operation of a relay in an early electro-mechanical computer. However, the term had been used by engineers for many years previously in a wider context.