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Betty Holberton
American computer scientist (1917–2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frances Elizabeth Holberton (March 7, 1917 – December 8, 2001) was an American computer scientist who was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer). The other five ENIAC programmers were Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn Meltzer, and Frances Spence.
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Born | Frances Elizabeth Snyder (1917-03-07)March 7, 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 8, 2001(2001-12-08) (aged 84) Rockville, Maryland, U.S. |
Education | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Computer scientist |
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Known for | ENIAC |
Spouse | John Vaughan Holberton |
Children | 2 |
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Holberton invented breakpoints in computer debugging.[1]