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   Grace Brewster Hopper ( née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. [1] She was a pioneer of computer programming. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC ...

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3. www.womenshistory.org › biographies › grace-hopperGrace Hopper | National Women's History Museum

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   Hopper was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City. As a child, she attended a preparatory school in New Jersey. Later, she enrolled at Vassar College. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree, Hopper went to Yale University, where she earned her Masters and PhD in Mathematics. Afterwards she began teaching at Vassar College.

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   Apr 3, 2014 · Born Grace Brewster Murray in New York City on December 9, 1906, Grace Hopper studied math and physics at Vassar College. ... and is sometimes given credit for the invention of the term "computer ...

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   Who was Grace Brewster Murray Hopper?

   • Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a computer pioneer and naval officer. Read the story. Here is a look at Hopper’s life and legacy. Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a computer pioneer and naval officer. She received a master’s degree (1930) and a Ph.D. (1934) in mathematics from Yale.

   Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992): A legacy of innovation and service

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   Why was Grace Hopper important?

   • Grace Hopper was an advocate for two other important ideas in computing. The first is that a program should be hardware independent. In other words, you should not have to completely rewrite a program to be used on another computer. The second was that small distributed clusters of programming and storage were superior to large centralized systems.

   Admiral Grace Murray Hopper: When Women Were Computers

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   When did Grace Hopper become a professor?

   • Now named Grace Hopper, after her marriage in 1930, she continued teaching mathematics at Vassar, as she had done since 1931. She became associate professor at Vassar in 1941. When the United States entered World War II, Hopper attempted to enlist in the Navy, but was rejected.

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   How did Hopper contribute to computer programming?

   • In 1959, she participated in the CODASYL consortium, helping to create a machine-independent programming language called COBOL language, which based on English words. Hopper promoted the use of the language throughout the 60s.

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   The achievements of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, which include, most notably, the invention of the compiler, cemented her place at the forefront of the computing revolution that began in the early 1940s. Trained as a mathematician, her career spanned six decades.

7. www.nationalww2museum.org › war › articlesAdmiral Grace Murray Hopper: When Women Were Computers

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   March 25, 2022. When US Naval Reserve officer Grace Hopper was assigned to work on the electromagnetic Mark IV computer in 1944, it was not a surprise. Women had been working in computing for scientific projects for more than a century. A team of computers work at Harvard University (around 1900) to analyze observations and measurements; they ...

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9. news.yale.edu › 2017/02/10 › grace-murray-hopperGrace Murray Hopper (1906-1992): A legacy of innovation and ...

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   Feb 10, 2017 · Here is a look at Hopper’s life and legacy. Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a computer pioneer and naval officer. She received a master’s degree (1930) and a Ph.D. (1934) in mathematics from Yale. One of the first three modern “programmers,” Hopper is best known for her trailblazing contributions to the development of computer languages.

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    Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906-1992) was a computer pioneer and naval officer. She earned a master’s degree (1930) and a Ph.D. (1934) in mathematics from Yale. Hopper is best known for her trailblazing contributions to computer programming, software development, and the design and implementation of programming languages. A maverick and an innovator, she enjoyed long and influential ...