Grace Hopper | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | Britannica

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Grace Hopper. In 1949 Hopper joined the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp., where she designed one of the first compilers, which translated a programmer’s instructions into computer codes, and coined the word compiler. As head programmer, she worked …

Grace Hopper | National Women's History Museum

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At a very young age Grace Murray Hopper showed an interest in engineering. As a child, she would often take apart household goods and put them back together. Little did her …

Grace Hopper - Computer Coder, Education & Achievements

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Best Known For: Computer programmer Grace Hopper helped develop a compiler that was a precursor to the widely used …

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Biography of Grace Murray Hopper | Office of the President

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Hopper is best known for her trailblazing contributions to computer programming, software development, and the design and …

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Grace Hopper was one of the pioneers in the early days of electronic computers. She and her team invented A-0, the world's first compiler. Then, determined to make programming accessible to more people, she …

Grace Hopper: 'First Lady of Software' | Space

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Grace Hopper was a computer scientist who is best known for helping to create the first all-electronic digital computer, called UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer). NASA's tracking stations...

Grace Hopper - Famous People in the World

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In 1969, Grace Hopper was awarded the first ‘Computer Science Man-of-the-Year Award’ from ‘Data Processing Management Association’. In 1973, she was the first woman and the first US citizen to be honoured as …

History of Women in IT: 6 Female Pioneers in Computer Science

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American Grace Hopper (1906–1992) was an admiral in the United States Navy and a computer scientist who was one of the first programmers for the Harvard Mark I computer, which was a general …

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper - Navy

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In 1952, she was appointed systems engineer, director for automatic programming, when she published the first paper on compilers. In December 1971, Hopper retired from the UNIVAC Division of the Sperry …