Hopper was known as a phenomenal computer scientist, mathematician and rear admiral in the United States Navy. She was a strong force in developing programming languages in technology. She is responsible for contributing work to the Harvard Mark I and the Univac I computer and many other components of technology in the 1940’s and 50’s era. Hopper’s skills allowed her to create the compiler for programming languages. Her ideals lead to the creation of COBOL known as common business oriented language
web browsing” which shows how much people rely on computers (222). Also Isaac Asimov said “I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them”, meaning that what if a computer were not available to a person who normally uses one, it would show the difficulties for people do any of the many tasks that they used a computer for because it made the task easier to accomplish. That is why I’m studying computers, because I want to find out how computers have advanced our lives. In order to fully help my reader
Grace Murray Hopper, born December 9, 1906, was a Math professor that enlisted in the United States Navy at the start of World War II. Over the time of her enlistment, Hopper developed several new programming languages, including COBOL, which is still one of the most used programming languages today. Hopper was also one of the first people to coin the term “computer bug”. Over the course of her life, Grace Hopper influenced many people through her service in the military and led a movement in modern
encyclopaedias and other reference works state that the first large-scale automatic digital computer was the Harvard Mark 1, which was developed by Howard H. Aiken (and team) in America between 1939 and 1944. However, in the aftermath of World War II it was discovered that a program controlled computer called the Z3 had been completed in Germany in 1941, which means that the Z3 pre-dated the Harvard Mark I. Prof. Hurst Zuse (http://www.epemag.com/zuse/) Following shortly after Z3, Britain's Colossus in
code, create the first compiler and in doing so change the future of the computer (Borg). Hopper’s early work gave her the experiences necessary to identify the computer’s current limitations but also to From Harvard, Hopper joined Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation where she worked on UNIVAC I, the first commercially successful electronic computer. It was here at Eckert-Mauchly, which would later be sold out to Remington Rand, that Grace Hopper developed the first compiler, the A-O or Arithmetic Language
and Grace Murray Hopper. The page limits of this paper do not allow the author to adequately describe all of the contributions that Grace made to Computer Science. Instead, you will be introduced to Grace Hopper and how her pioneering work on the Mark I continue to influence women and the world of computer science. Grace Brewster Murray was born in New York City on December 9, 1906, to “upper middle-class” parents. (Williams, 2004) Her father, Walter Murray, was a life insurance executive and
Women in Technology Women have played a major role in computing for centuries as well as men. The purpose of this paper is to gain knowledge on women involved in technology who for some reason do not gain as much recognition as do men. There are numerous women within this field worth talking about, but the ones chosen were Ada Byron, Grace Hopper, Evelyn Granville, and Krisztina Holly. The history of each individual will be discussed as well as what form of influence they had in computers.
Upon graduating from Midshipman’s School for Women, Hopper immediately received a task to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation in Harvard University. At that time, when she was around 37-38 years old, Hopper had visited Cruft Laboratory, and she was introduced to a machine that had computing capability called the Mark I. Hopper’s task was to program the Mark I, so it could produce "the coefficients for the interpolation of the arc tangents by next Thursday." Due to this short deadline, Hopper was
should know because you are living in one. Our nation revolves around the use of computers. Can you go through a normal day without using something computer related? I don't think so. Many everyday things that you take for granted are computer based, such as: ATM's, credit cards, grocery check outs, and gas stations to name a few. I support Jon Katz's article The Netizen: Birth of a Digital Nation. Our nation would be a totally different place today if the computer was never invented. Computers
The Age of Computers Believe it or not, but the age of computers is upon us. I believe Computers are not only here to stay, but in my opinion computers are the wave of the future. Only a device like the computer can change the way we work, live, and think. I see computers taking us places where no man has gone before. Twenty years ago people were just not up to date with computers back then. I mean if you ask someone about a computer, they probably would say something like, what in the world our
COMPUTERS A Computerized World Computers play an important role in this modern society. All people around the world are forced the “computer age” nowadays. Since the first computer was made in the late 1950s, which I heard that was came from the Chinese Abacus, the technology has developed extremely. Computers are everywhere and control a great deal of our living environment. More and more areas are being taken over by the computer. Not able to use a computer is a serious handicap with ramifications
(with a little bit of Hollywood sprinkled in). The Social Network is not only my favorite movie of all time, but it is also the reason I am at Dakota State University. The movie begins with an idea, but not the idea of Facebook. Instead, it was an idea derived from a night of drunk blogging and boredom, an idea that Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg called Facemash. Mark was angry at his now ex-girlfriend Erica for ending their relationship, so he decided to create a site that would anger any girl that
Topic: Mark Zuckerberg Organization: Chronologically Specific Purpose: I would like my audience to understand who Mark Zuckerberg was before his achievements and who he has become. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter: Imagine that you are sitting in your dorm room with a group of friends creating a social network site for Texas State. As you find that your network goes viral across the world and you have companies willing to buy your site for millions of dollars. This may sound unrealistic, but it
Zuckerburg. In middle school Mark started to use computers and had a tutor to help him learn more about computers and software. Zuckerburg went to Ardsley High School, then in his Junior year, transferred to Phillips Exeter Acadamy, a more advanced high school. During high School he took a graduate course at Mercy College near his hometown. Then he went to Harvard University after high school. Zuckerburg made lots of computer games and other small social media sites for Harvard Students. In his Sophomore
Introduction to Business March 14, 2014 Mark Zuckerberg One famous entrepreneur today is Mark Zuckerberg, the inventor of the popular social media, Facebook. It was said as he was in Harvard University he and a few friends came up with the idea of Facebook. After a few years Facebook became internationally loved. Ever since the invention of Facebook there have been many positive, but also negative effects. In the suburbs of Dobbs Ferry, New York on May 14, 1984 Mark Zuckerberg was born into a family of
Social Network CAST MAIN: Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg: Mark Zuckerberg is the man who created Facebook, regarded as probably the most successful social networking sites out there. Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin: Eduardo Saverin was friend of Mark Zuckerberg and one of the co-founders of Facebook Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker; A smart man that saw the potential in Facebook and started working with mark zuckerberg Armie Hammer: as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss: He portrayed
The lives of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg have influenced American society immensely through their ways of innovation, generosity, and creativeness towards all the tasks they have embarked on. Many people look over Mark Zuckerberg and all he has done, but everybody knows all the accomplishments of Steve Jobs. Although Jobs is no longer with us, his improvements to technology and innovation are still around today helping society function in not only the business world. But also the entertainment
=a9h&AN=J0E091006960014 Summary: In 2014, CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, faced a problematic situation when he bought a mobile app called “WhatsApp”. While you may know, Facebook generates most of its revenue through advertising, this created an obstacle for Zuckerberg to overcome with his new investment in WhatsApp. The founders of WhatsApp were not fond of using advertising to gain, in fact, they used other methods to gain income
Isolation is a theme commonly illustrated across many texts. Setting is the most important factor that contributes to the completeness of a story. This report will investigate the connections of settings and the causes and consequences of isolation across four texts, ‘Othello’, ‘The Imitation Game’, ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ and ‘The Social Network’. ‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare is a timeless tragedy. It is the tragic love story between Othello, an African American general, and
different stories, ways and qualities that lead to their success in the business world. By thoroughly researching the topic of young millionaires it was clear that the most significant people that created a major impact on their respective industries are Mark Zuckerberg founder of Facebook and Michael Dell founder of Dell Computers. Both showed great qualities such as the ability to think of an innovative idea, a hard-working ethos, risk taking and determination from as early as 12 years old which ultimately