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Grace Hopper

Vereinigte Staaten · Auf der Karte · Entwickler · Lebte 1906 bis 1992 · wurde 85 Jahre alt

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Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (* 9. Dezember 1906 in New York City, New York als Grace Brewster Murray; † 1. Januar 1992 in Arlington, Virginia) war eine US-amerikanische Informatikerin und Computerpionierin.

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Grace Hopper wird in 73 Sprachen etwa 1.328 Mal am Tag gelesen.

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2016Presidential Medal of FreedomAuszeichnung1994National Women’s Hall of FameAuszeichnung1992Gestorben1. Januar 19921991National Medal of TechnologyAuszeichnung1989“I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. ... they carefully told me, computers could only do arithmetic; they could not do programs.”Eigene WorteAs quoted in Grace Hopper : Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer (1989) by Charlene W. Billings, p. 74

1988IEEE Emanuel R. Piore AwardAuszeichnung1987Washington-PreisAuszeichnung1986“There's something you learn in your first boot-camp, or training camp: If they put you down somewhere with nothing to do, go to sleep - you don't know when you'll get any more.”Eigene Worte2. Oktober 1986Grace Hopper on Late Night with David Letterman

“I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "What are you?”Eigene Worte24. August 1986On being the oldest active-duty officer in the U.S. military, in an interview on 60 Minutes

“At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?”Eigene Worte24. August 1986On demonstrating a millionth of a second of electricity travel with a piece of wire, in an interview on 60 Minutes

“At present, we're putting on paper a lot of stuff that never needed to be on paper. We do need to keep the records. But there isn't any reason for printing them.”Eigene WorteJuli 1986As quoted in the U.S. Navy's Chips Ahoy magazine (Juli 1986)

1985Defense Distinguished Service MedalAuszeichnung1979W. Wallace McDowell AwardAuszeichnung1973Legionnaire of Legion of MeritAuszeichnung1972Wilbur Cross MedalAuszeichnung1962“We must include in any language with which we hope to describe complex data-processing situations the capability for describing data.”Eigene WorteAs quoted in Management and the Computer of the Future (1962) by Sloan School of Management, p. 273

1906Geboren9. Dezember 1906

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  1. [The Computer] was the first machine man built that assisted the power of his brain instead of the strength of his arm.

    1987 · As spoken at Space Coast 1987 speaking about the Harvard Mark I computer. The Computer was originally She in reference to the Mark I., Eigene Worte

  2. In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, "Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me.

    24. August 1986 · On demonstrating a billionth of a second of electricity travel with a piece of wire, in an interview on 60 Minutes, Eigene Worte

  3. From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.

    16. April 1984 · On the removal of a 2-inch-long moth from the Harvard Mark II experimental computer at Harvard in 1947, as quoted in Time 16. April 1984., Eigene Worte

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Auszeichnungen

Presidential Medal of Freedom2016
National Women’s Hall of Fame1994
National Medal of Technology1991
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award1988
Washington-Preis1987
Defense Distinguished Service Medal1985
W. Wallace McDowell Award1979
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit1973
Wilbur Cross Medal1972
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Legion of Merit

Zur Person

Sie war im letzten Dienstgrad Rear Admiral (lower half) der US Navy Reserve, der US-amerikanischen Marinereserve.

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