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BL
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1011426
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b765796
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| Main Entry
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Beyer, Kurt.
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| Title & Author
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Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age /\ Kurt Beyer.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation
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xii, 389 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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026201310X
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: 9780262013109
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The myth of amazing Grace -- The rebirth of Grace Murray Hopper -- The origins of computer programming -- The Harvard Computation Laboratory -- The beginning of a computing community -- The 1947 Harvard symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery -- Staring into the abyss -- The education of a computer -- IBM answers Remington Rand's challenge -- The development of problem-oriented languages -- Distributed invention matures : Grace Hopper and the development of Cobol -- Inventing the information age.
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| Abstract
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This is a biography which explores the career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers.
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Hopper, Grace Murray.
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Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992
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Hopper, Grace Murray.
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Hopper, Grace Murray.
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Hopper, Grace.
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
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Computer science-- United States-- History.
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Women computer engineers-- United States, Biography.
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Computer science.
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Informatik
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Informatikerin-- USA, Biographie.
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Women computer engineers.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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004.092
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| LC Classification
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QA76.2.H67B49 2009
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| NLM classification
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SR 500rvk
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SR 800rvk
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