| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| A generic term that describes a malfunction of undetermined origin in a computer or other electronic device. | 1 |
| ‡ The term originated in the 1940s when the examination of a large computer revealed that an actual insect had landed on one of the circuits, shorting it out and shutting the machine down. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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