Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper

(1906–1992) computer scientist United States

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Grace Hopper (1906–1992) was a United States computer scientist, known for FLOW-MATIC.

About Grace Hopper

Grace Brewster Hopper was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. 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 programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. She is credited with writing the first computer manual, "A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator."

Known for:

FLOW-MATIC

Notable works:

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Awards:

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit|Computer History Museum Fellow|Ada Lovelace Award|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award|ACM Distinguished Service Award|Presidential Medal of Freedom|Defense Distinguished Service Medal|Legion of Merit|National Medal of Technology and Innovation|Meritorious Service Medal|National Women's Hall of Fame|World War II Victory Medal|American Campaign Medal|W. Wallace McDowell Award|National Defense Service Medal|Armed Forces Reserve Medal|Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society|Fellow of the British Computer Society|IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award|Washington Award|Wilbur Cross Medal|Harry H. Goode Memorial Award

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