{"id":2655,"date":"2016-03-09T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itakeunconf.com\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:09:59","slug":"admiral-grace-hopper-programming-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itakeunconf.com\/women-in-tech\/admiral-grace-hopper-programming-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Admiral Grace Hopper, programming pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

In celebration of Women\u2019s Day, this March we\u00a0salute yesterday & today women\u2019s contribution to the development of the technology and IT fields.\u00a0<\/em>Follow #famousITwomen to find interesting stories. They might motivate and encourage you to do something out of the ordinary in your career.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The importance of women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math\u00a0has been gaining a momentum in the last years. At\u00a0I T.A.K.E. Unconference<\/a>, we value women\u2019s contribution in IT and we believe their dedication to the software craft\u00a0can be\u00a0an inspiration for other practitioners.<\/p>\n

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After finding\u00a0the professional journey of Franziska Sauerwein<\/a>, software craftswoman speaking at I T.A.K.E Unconference, we invite to find more about United States Navy Admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992). Often\u00a0defined as a woman ahead of her time, she is\u00a0one of the first programmers in the history.<\/p>\n

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With a PhD degree in mathematics, she was part of\u00a0WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, U.S. Naval Reserve), and later joined the programming team at the new\u00a0Mark I computer, at Harvard University.<\/p>\n

One famous anecdote kept perpetuating until today about her time in the Mark I team. One day a computer failure had Hopper and her team baffled. They opened the machine and they discovered the source of the problem: a live moth was stuck in one of the electrical switches controlling a circuit. Hopper taped the offending creature into her log book and noted beside it, “first actual bug found.” She is credited with the terms “bug” and “debug” for computer errors and how to fix them.<\/p>\n

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Grace Hopper is also the creator of the A compiler, a program developed during her time at\u00a0UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I – UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I).<\/p>\n

After joining\u00a0the consortium\u00a0Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL), as technical consultant on the committee, she\u00a0created a validation software for COBOL to make sure the language could perform its function. COBOL, which stands for \u201cCOmmon Business-Oriented Language\u201d, is still used in order-processing business software today.<\/p>\n

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First woman to …<\/h4>\n

In the course of her lifetime, Grace Hopper was awarded 40 honorary degrees from universities around the world, along with numerous awards and honors including:<\/p>\n