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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. |
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| 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|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.}} |
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| 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!) // |