About Grace Hopper
Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper was a trailblazing computer scientist and United States Navy officer. 🎓 She was born on December 9, 1906, in New York City and made pivotal contributions to the development of early programming languages. Grace Hopper is often credited with popularizing the concept of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, a highly influential language.
Achievements
- Invented the first compiler for a computer programming language.
- Received the National Medal of Technology in 1991.
- A U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Hopper, is named in her honor.
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