21H.991 | Fall 2014 | Graduate

Theories and Methods in the Study of History

Grace Hopper and UNIVAC

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A black and white photograph circa 1960 with four people gathered around the UNIVAC I keyboard, which was the first commercial electronic computer. Grace Murray Hopper was an American mathematician who helped devise the UNIVAC I keyboard along with COBOL, a computer programming language designed for business use. The history of technology and business is discussed in Session 11 of this course. Image courtesy of Public.Resource.Org on flickr. License CC BY.

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Grace Hopper and UNIVAC
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A black and white photograph circa 1960 with four people gathered around the UNIVAC I keyboard, which was the first commercial electronic computer.
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Grace Murray Hopper was an American mathematician who helped devise the UNIVAC I keyboard along with COBOL, a computer programming language designed for business use. The history of technology and business is discussed in Session 11 of this course. (Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution on Wikimedia Commons. License CC BY.)
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Image courtesy of Public.Resource.Org on flickr. License CC BY.
A black and white photograph circa 1960 with four people gathered around the UNIVAC I keyboard, which was the first commercial electronic computer.

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