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Grace Hopper

Grace Murray Hopper est une informaticienne, mathématicienne et Rear admiral (lower half) de la marine américaine, née le 9 décembre 1906 à New York et morte le 1er janvier 1992 dans le comté d'Arlington. Elle est la conceptrice du premier compilateur en 1951 (A-0 System) et du langage Cobol en 1959.

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Grace Hopper : environ 1 328 lectures par jour, en 73 langues.

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2016Médaille présidentielle de la LibertéDistinction1994National Women's Hall of FameDistinction1992Décès1er janvier 19921991National Medal of Technology and InnovationDistinction1989“I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. ... they carefully told me, computers could only do arithmetic; they could not do programs.”Ses propres motsAs quoted in Grace Hopper : Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer (1989) by Charlene W. Billings, p. 74

1988Prix IEEE Emanuel R. PioreDistinction1987Prix WashingtonDistinction1986“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.”Ses propres mots2 octobre 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?”Ses propres mots24 août 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?”Ses propres mots24 août 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.”Ses propres motsjuillet 1986As quoted in the U.S. Navy's Chips Ahoy magazine (juillet 1986)

1985Defense Distinguished Service MedalDistinction1983Prix Ada-LovelaceDistinction1973Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer SocietyDistinctionLégionnaire de la Legion of MeritDistinction1972Médaille Wilbur-CrossDistinction1970Prix commémoratif Harry H. GoodeDistinction1962“We must include in any language with which we hope to describe complex data-processing situations the capability for describing data.”Ses propres motsAs quoted in Management and the Computer of the Future (1962) by Sloan School of Management, p. 273

1906Naissance9 décembre 1906

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4 déclarations, les plus récentes d'abord
  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., Ses propres mots

  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 août 1986 · On demonstrating a billionth of a second of electricity travel with a piece of wire, in an interview on 60 Minutes, Ses propres mots

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

    16 avril 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 avril 1984., Ses propres mots

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Distinctions

Médaille présidentielle de la Liberté2016
National Women's Hall of Fame1994
National Medal of Technology and Innovation1991
Prix IEEE Emanuel R. Piore1988
Prix Washington1987
Defense Distinguished Service Medal1985
Prix Ada-Lovelace1983
Légionnaire de la Legion of Merit1973
Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society1973
Médaille Wilbur-Cross1972
Prix commémoratif Harry H. Goode1970
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Membre de l'Académie américaine des arts et des sciences
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Legion of Merit

À propos de cette personne

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États-Unis
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Développeurs
Type
Développement logiciel
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Décédé(e)
Dates
1906 - 1992 · 85 ans