Multiple choice

Why were errors in coding called bugs?

  1. A moth was found in a computer in the 1940s.

  2. Ant took over a computer.

  3. A group of cockroaches invaded a laptop.

  4. Spiders caused a short circuit in the motherboard of a desktop computer.

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Explanation

The term 'bug' became popular after Grace Hopper and her team found a moth trapped in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947, causing it to malfunction.