Editing 1947 in science (section)

==Computer science==
* January 25 – [[Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr.]] and Estle Ray Mann file a [[United States patent]] request for an invention described as a "[[cathode-ray tube amusement device]]",<ref>{{Cite patent|country=US|number=2455992|pubdate=1948-12-14|title=Cathode-ray tube amusement device|assign1=Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories Inc.|inventor1-last=Goldsmith Jr.|inventor1-first=Thomas T.|inventor2-last=Estle Ray|inventor2-first=Mann}}</ref> probably the [[first video game]].
* July 29 – After being shut off on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment and relocation, [[ENIAC]], one of the world's first digital [[computer]]s, is turned on after a memory upgrade at [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]], Maryland. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/facts/10/40900528/July-29-1947-After-being-shut-off-on|title=July 29, 1947|encyclopedia=Britannica| accessdate=4 July 2010 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref>
* August 18 – Official start of construction of [[Automatic Computing Engine]] in the United Kingdom.
* September 9 – A [[moth]] lodged in a [[relay]] is found to be the cause of a malfunction in the [[Harvard Mark II]] electromechanical computer, logged as "First actual case of [[Software bug|bug]] being found."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/B/bug.html|title='''bug''':n.|work=The Jargon File|accessdate=2012-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/main?edan_q=Log+book+with+computer+bug&op=Search|title=Log Book With Computer Bug|publisher=[[National Museum of American History]]|accessdate=2013-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927135534/http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/main?edan_q=Log+book+with+computer+bug&op=Search|archive-date=2014-09-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* October – First recorded use of the word ''[[computer]]'' in its modern sense, referring to an electronic digital machine.<ref>{{cite web|title=computer, ''n''.|work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] online version|publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/37975?redirectedFrom=computer#eid|accessdate=2011-11-29 |date=September 2011}} {{OEDsub}}</ref>