Lost but always found — The benefits of microchipping your pet
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Did you know the term ‘debug,’ as in to correct the mistakes in computer code, comes from back when the simplest computer filled an entire room? The machines got hot when they were running, which necessitated leaving windows open, and moths and other insects would occasionally flutter in and get stuck in the small moving parts of the computer, impeding its calculations. A technician would have to stop what he or she was doing, go into the computer room, and literally debug the system. By contrast, these days, the computers we all carry in our pockets, our smartphones, are more powerful than even the largest of those old-fashioned room-fillers and their descendents. For example, an iPhone 6 has more computing power than all of NASA had during the Apollo moon-landing days.