Grace Hopper – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions

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Grace Hopper was an American computer scientist and U.S Naval Officer, best known for her work on the A-0 compiler (aka A-0 System) and its successors A-1, A-2, A-3 A-4, A-5 and A8.

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She invented one of the first ever personal computers alongside Kay McNulty Mauchly Antonelli in 1944 called The Harvard Mark I Computer.

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Hopper also created FLOWMATIC – a business data processing programming language which is still used today by banks and insurance companies.

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What Did Grace Hopper Invent?

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Grace Hopper: Awards and Achievements

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