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...... The next huge change in language was also due to technological change, but instead of printed books, it was a great change in our environment. Technological development was accelerated by the development of the personal computer. All this new stuff had to have names. Sometimes, a new name might simply be a new meaning for an old word. One such example is the word bug. In the 1940s the only computers in use were huge machines: Eniac, Univac etc. These machines were made using vacuum tubes, some of which burned out every time the computer was used. People on roller skates would replace the burned out tubes after every use. One day, the machine stopped working, and no burned vacuum tubes could be found. A concerted search of the entire machine turned up a large moth fried on the wires behind one circuit panel. That is how the word bug became a problem in computer functioning, both mechanical and digital. (AskOxford.com 2006)
Other made up names include acronyms, that is the formation of the initial letter of some longer phrase or name used to identify something, which finally simply become words. Many people do not know the original source

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