Chronology of Events - 1900-1930s

The following is a chronological listing of significant events in the development of the field of Information Technology law prior to 1960:

1945
1945 &mdash; Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper discovers a moth trapped between the relays of a Navy computer. She calls it a "bug" &mdash; a term traditionally used to refer to a problem with an electrical device. She also coined the term "debugging" to describe efforts to fix a computer problem.