Frances Elizabeth Holberton was an American computer scientist who was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC. The other five ENIAC programmers were Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn Meltzer, and Frances Spence. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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).
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March 7, 1917
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December 8, 2001
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Department of Commerce Silver Medal (1976), Ada Lovelace Award (1997), IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1997), WITI Hall of Fame (1997)
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IEEE Computer Society History Committee: Computer Pioneers: Frances Elizabeth (Betty) Snyder Holberton
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