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search  This is a list of the origins of computer-related terms
or terms used in the computing world (i.e., a list of computer
term etymologies). It relates to both computer hardware and
computer software.  Names of many computer terms, especially
computer applications, often relate to the function they
perform, e.g., a compiler is an application that compiles
(programming language source code into the computer's machine
language). However there are other terms with less obvious
origins, which are of etymological interest. This article lists
such terms.    The first case of an actual computer bug, a moth
trapped in a relay of the Harvard Mark II   Computer room at
Dryden Flight Research Center, 1949 Dennis Ritchie, having
improved on the B language, called his creation New B. He later
renamed it C. (See also D). C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup called
his new language "C with Classes" and then "