Is 'debugger' a British term?

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Journal by countertrolling on Thursday March 31, 2011 @07:43PM

Just askin.. I couldn't get a straight answer from Google

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Is 'debugger' a British term?

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by EMG at MU ( 1194965 ) writes:

The term came about because a bug was stuck in one of the early computers and someone had to 'debug' the computer to get it to work. I believe it was a British woman who coined the term. I dont remember her name right now, but she was a pioneer of computer engineering if I recall correctly.
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  by countertrolling ( 1585477 ) writes:
  
  I'm sorry.. maybe I didn't make myself clear [slashdot.org].

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