Pioneers

Betty Holberton

Computer Architecture

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Computing Atlas. "Betty Holberton." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/betty-holberton.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Betty Holberton. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/betty-holberton

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-betty-holberton,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Betty Holberton},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/betty-holberton},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Birth Year

1917 1

Birth Date

1917-03-07 1

Death Year

2001 1

Death Date

2001-12-08 1

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1. Wikipedia: Betty Holberton

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