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Ada Lovelace was the first person to publish an algorithm intended to be executed by the first modern computer, the Analytical Engine created by Charles Babbage. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer. [9] [10] [11] Lovelace was introduced to Babbage's difference engine when she was 17. [12]
Ginni Rometty becomes the first woman to serve as president and CEO of IBM. [14] Eva Tardos earns the Gödel Prize. [99] Regina Honu founds Soronko Solutions, a software development company in 2012. [151] Carol Reiley is the first woman engineer to be featured on the cover of MAKE magazine. [152] [153]
Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. (December 17, 1913 – January 10, 1985) was an American Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science.She was one of the first people, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States.
Lovelace's notes are important in the early history of computers, especially since the seventh one contained what many consider to be the first computer program—that is, an algorithm designed to be carried out by a machine. Other historians reject this perspective and point out that Babbage's personal notes from 1837 to 1840 contain the first ...
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01310-9. Marx, Christy (2003). Grace Hopper: the first woman to program the first computer in the United States. Women hall of famers in mathematics and science. New York: Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8239-3877-3. Norman, Rebecca ...
Built the first digital freely programmable computer, the Z1. Built the first functional program-controlled computer, the Z3 in 1941. [59] The Z3 already used what later became known as Reverse Polish Notation, and it was proven to be Turing-complete in 1998. Produced the world's first commercial computer, the Z4.
To celebrate Black History month, Engadget is running a series of profiles honoring African American pioneers in the world of science and technology. Today we take a look at the life and work of ...
Evelyn Berezin was an American computer designer who was responsible for the creation of the first airline reservation systems [2] in addition to the original word processor [3] and lived from April 12th 1925 to December 8th of 2018.