GRACE
HOPPER
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December
9, 1906 - January 1, 1992
Contributions to Computer Science
American mathematician, rear admiral in the US Navy, and computer scientist Grace Hopper was a pioneer of computer programming and one of the original linkers was created by her which was called A-0 while working as one of the first programmers for the Harvard Mark I computer. Hopper was the first to develop the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and using this theory, she developed MATH-MATIC language specially for UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II computers. She later developed the FLOW-MATIC programming language that later helped to develop COBOL, an early high-level programming language that is still in use today. Hopper's main contribution to Computer Science was to develop a compiler.
American mathematician, rear admiral in the US Navy, and computer scientist Grace Hopper was a pioneer of computer programming and one of the original linkers was created by her which was called A-0 while working as one of the first programmers for the Harvard Mark I computer. Hopper was the first to develop the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and using this theory, she developed MATH-MATIC language specially for UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II computers. She later developed the FLOW-MATIC programming language that later helped to develop COBOL, an early high-level programming language that is still in use today. Hopper's main contribution to Computer Science was to develop a compiler.