Without the contributions of countless coders and programmers, we wouldn't have the Internet. We have compiled a list of great minds who gave us the world wide web.

The world is waking up to the contributions of Grace Murray Hopper ’28, computer pioneer, Navy rear admiral, and former Vassar assistant professor. Read about Hopper and how she continues to influence young women in computer science.

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Grace Hopper, American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise UNIVAC I, the first commercial electronic computer, and naval applications for COBOL. Learn more about Hopper’s life and career.

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Download this stock image: Hopper works on a manual tape punch computer, 1944. Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvar - G16EFG from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper ’34, Ph.D., known affectionately as “Amazing Grace,” would have been 109 years old today. Inventor of the first computer compiler, she was a pioneer of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and her impact can still be felt in computer science.

Grace Hooper, computer programmer in a time when the field was fully dominated by men

09 December 1906 – 01 January 1992 Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (née Murray) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and the FLOW-MATIC programming language she created using this theory was later extended to create COBOL,.

Read "Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age" by Kurt W. Beyer available from Rakuten Kobo. A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906--1992) would go like this: a young profe...