FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Hopper was elected a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (1962) and was named the first computer science Man of the Year by the Data Processing Management Association (1969).

Detailed explanation-2: -Hopper lacked female role models so became one herself. She had a career marked with firsts. In 1969 she was bestowed with the very first Computer Science Man of the Year Award. She also became the first American, and the first woman to become a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society in 1973.

Detailed explanation-3: -While working on the UNIVAC I and II, Hopper pioneered the idea of automatic programming and explored new ways to use the computer to code. In 1952 she developed the first compiler called A-0, which translated mathematical code into machine-readable code-an important step toward creating modern programming languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Grace Brewster Hopper (née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers.