Computer fact of the day.

TransAmDan

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Computers started out many many years ago, and its one of the important names in histories birthday today.

Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 ? January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. She conceptualized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. She is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches (inspired by an actual moth removed from the computer). Owing to the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace". The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) is named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC.

Back in the days of college I remember COBOL language, very basic, and readable, unlike what you would expect from early computer days. I like the term where debugging comes from. Interesting....
 
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