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A black and white photo of Grace Hopper standing in front of a computer bank. She is wearing a dark knee-length dress and has glasses. She is holding a piece of paper that says "COBOL" in her right hand, and flipping a switch on the computer with her left.

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A black and white photo of Grace Hopper standing in front of a computer bank. She is wearing a dark knee-length dress and has glasses. She is holding a piece of paper that says "COBOL" in her right hand, and flipping a switch on the computer with her left.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Dec-2022 15:05:32 UTC Robert McNees

Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906.
As far as I’m aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her.
Image: Computer History Museum

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