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 Grace Hopper's legacy lives on at Vassar College's computer science department. While a faculty member here, she built a house on campus, which was later inhabited by her student, [[.:asprey|Winifred Asprey '38]], until her death at age 90 in October, 2007. While her many achievments are remarkable, she is best known in Computer Science as the inventor of the compiler. Grace Hopper's legacy lives on at Vassar College's computer science department. While a faculty member here, she built a house on campus, which was later inhabited by her student, [[.:asprey|Winifred Asprey '38]], until her death at age 90 in October, 2007. While her many achievments are remarkable, she is best known in Computer Science as the inventor of the compiler.
  
-Dr. Hopper is perhaps most notorious for coining the term, "bug," to describe a problem with a computer, based on her discovery of [[http://www.cs.vassar.edu/images/Bug.GIF|a moth in a relay panel.]]+Dr. Hopper is perhaps most notorious for coining the term, "bug," to describe a problem with a computer, based on her discovery of [[:courses:cs102-201501-52:labs:bug.jpg?200|a moth in a relay panel.]]
  
 Here are some photos of Grace we have compiled. \\ // (Note: some of the images are large, but it will be time well spent!) // Here are some photos of Grace we have compiled. \\ // (Note: some of the images are large, but it will be time well spent!) //
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   * [[http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html| There is some more about Grace Hopper here.]]   * [[http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html| There is some more about Grace Hopper here.]]
   * [[http://www.chips.navy.mil/links/grace_hopper/| See what a Vassar education can lead you to!]]   * [[http://www.chips.navy.mil/links/grace_hopper/| See what a Vassar education can lead you to!]]
-  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57bfxsiVTd4| A 1982 interview with Grace on David Letterman!]](Youtube)+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vcErOPofQ| A 1982 interview with Grace on David Letterman!]](Youtube)