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Grace Murray Hopper was a pioneering woman in technology, born in 1906, who made significant contributions to computer science, including the development of the first compiler and influence on COBOL. She served in the Navy, achieving the rank of Rear Admiral, and continued to impact the field through education and industry forums until her death in 1992. Hopper received the National Medal of Technology in 1991 and was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Grace Murray Hopper was a pioneering woman in technology, born in 1906, who made significant contributions to computer science, including the development of the first compiler and influence on COBOL. She served in the Navy, achieving the rank of Rear Admiral, and continued to impact the field through education and industry forums until her death in 1992. Hopper received the National Medal of Technology in 1991 and was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

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CRONICA ESCRITA

GA2-240202501-AA1-EV03

APPRENTICE: DANIELA ARRIETA RIPOLL


FILE: 2977417

SOFTWARE ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT


ENGLISH LEVEL 2 - MCER A1.2

TEACHER: LIV CRISTINA VEGA RIANO


CHRONICLE GRACE MURRAY HOPPER

A pioneering woman in the history of technology, born in New York on December 9,


1906.

1934, becoming one of the first women to achieve such an academic distinction.

1943, He decided to join the armed forces.

1944, with the rank of lieutenant. She was sent to Harvard to work on the computer
project led by Commander Howard Aiken, the construction of the Mark I.

1946, she wanted to continue in the Navy but was rejected because the age limit
was 38 and she had already turned 40, so she continued at Harvard as a
researcher.

1947, he began working at the Eckert-Mauchly Corporation in Philadelphia, which


at the time was developing the BINAC and UNIVAC I computers.

1949, Hopper became an employee of Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation as a


senior mathematician and joined the development team for UNIVAC I.

1950, Hopper was also director of automatic programming development for


Remington Rand. The UNIVAC I was known as the first large computer launched
on the market, being more competitive in processing information than the Mark I.

1952, he developed the first compiler in history, then wrote a document on


compilers and developed his own compiler, compiler A, known in its first version as
A-0. Finally that year he created a linker - operational loader, which was also a
compiler.

1957, he made the first compiler for data processing that used commands in
English, the B-0 (FLOW-MATIC), used mainly for payroll.

1959, He created the committee that designed this language.Although Hopper did
not play a major role in the development of the language, she was a member of the
original committee to create it, and FLOW-MATIC was such an important influence
on the design of COBOL that Hopper has gone down in computer history as its
creator.

1961, He was reintegrated into the Navy in which shortly after he retired as a
frigate captain, but this did not last long since the Navy called him back in 1967 to
standardize the high-level languages they used.

1973, She was promoted to Captain.

1983 promoted to Rear Admiral.

1986 she retired from the Navy for good, at the time being the oldest officer in the
United States Navy. After her retirement, she joined as an advisor at Digital
Equipment Corporation, participating in industry forums, giving about 200 lectures
per year, and participating in educational programs until her death.

1991, Hopper received the National Medal of Technology.

He died in his sleep at his home in Arlington, Virginia, on January 1, 1992 at the
age of eighty-five. She was buried with full military honors on Jan. 7 at Arlington
National Cemetery.

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