Betty Holberton | |
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Born | Frances Elizabeth Snyder March 7, 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 8, 2001 Rockville, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 84)
Education | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Computer scientist |
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Known for | ENIAC |
Spouse | John Vaughan Holberton |
Children | 2 |
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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.
Holberton invented breakpoints in computer debugging.[1]
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