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MARGARET

Hamilton COMPUTER SCIENCE AND


ENGINEERING

She was part of the


Charles Stark Draper
Laboratory of the
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; in 1965
she became responsible
Margaret Hamilton was
for the development of
one of the first computer
the navigation software
scientists, she coined the
on board the computers
term "software
of the Apolo mission.
engineering" and was a
key figure in developing
practices that ensured
software reliability, laying
the foundation for modern
software development.

She played a crucial role in


creating the software that
guided the Apollo spacecraft
to the Moon, her software
included innovative error After her NASA work, Hamilton
detection and recovery founded her own software
systems, which helped avoid company, Hamilton Technologies,
potential disasters, continuing her innovative
contributions to system design and
showcasing her foresight in
development in various industries.
anticipating and managing
Hamilton received numerous
unexpected issues. honors for her contributions,
including the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in 2016, and her work
remains an inspiration in the fields
of computing and space
exploration.

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