In 1947, computer pioneer Grace Hopper famously recorded the discovery of what specific type of insect stuck in a relay of the Harvard Mark II?

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Moth

The moth was discovered at Harvard University on September 9, 1947. It is currently preserved in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

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