HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

GRACE MURRAY HOPPER

Creator of COBOL

Bio:

bullet "Mother of COBOL," (COmmon Business Oriented Language).
 
bullet Developed first compiler program.
 
bullet Responsible for finding the first computer "bug" - a moth stuck in the contactors (solenoids) of the giant Mark l calculator.

Links:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/g-hoppr.htm

 

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