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In computer programming, what is the process of identifying and removing errors from software code?

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Debugging

The term was popularized by computer pioneer Grace Hopper, who once found a literal moth stuck in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer. She taped the insect into her logbook, noting it was the 'first actual case of bug being found.'

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