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Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906.

As far as I’m aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her.

Image: Computer History Museum

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@mcnees
‘Twas she who coined the term “bug” in computing. She literally found a bug inside a computer. Wrote it up and it lives to this day.

@jeaton Check further down the thread – there’s a link to a piece about the history of the term. It had long been in use by the time she found an actual bug in the computer.