Betty Holberton
American computer programmer (1917-2001) · United States · Developers · Died at 84
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Something wrong?Frances Elizabeth Holberton was an American computer scientist who was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC. The other five ENIAC programmers were Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn Meltzer, and Frances Spence.
A life in dates
2001Died8 December 20011997Ada Lovelace AwardAwardComputer Pioneer AwardAwardWomen in Technology Hall of FameAward1917Born7 March 1917
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Programmers Betty Jean Jennings (left) and Fran Bilas (right) operating ENIAC's main control panel at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, c. 1945 (U.S. Army photo from the archives of the ARL Technical Library)
Betty Holberton (right foreground) programming the ENIAC computer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, BRL building 328 (1940s/1950s)Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Developers
Type
Developer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2001 · aged 84
Developers from the United States 6
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