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Grace Murray Hopper may have been small in stature, but she was a giant in the world of
computer programming. Long before
women were commonly seen in computer labs
and
college
classrooms
,
she
was excelling in both.
Though she made many contributions to the
field of
computer
science, a simple, three-letter word just may be her most enduring legacy.
That word is "bug" as used to describe a problem that frustrates users when a computer program
does
not work right. According to computer folklore
, Grace used the word
"
bug
" in describing a glitch
from a computer. The moth had flown in through an open window. The term "debug" became popular
in
a computer
program. She
actually said she "debugged" a program when she removed a
real moth
in reference to fixing programming errors, and the moth was saved in a logbook for posterity.
Born in 1906, Grace Murray Hopper lived by the motto, "Dare and Do." Grace's perseverance,
curiosity, and open-mindedness led
her to the top in the world of computer science.
She became
because she did not let the views of women at the time restrict her dreams. Instead, she earned the
a pioneer in taking computers from
the mechanical to the electronic age. She was able
to do this
title, "The Grand Lady of Software."
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