First woman to execute modern-style code on a computer

Computer Science
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About This Innovation

first woman to execute modern-style code on a computer; made significant contributions to the world of programming, including work on the Monte Carlo method (a method to store and analyze large quantities of data and make predictions on everything from elections to COVID-19 trend forecasting), ENIAC, and MANIAC; programmed the MANIAC I machine, which could store data, designed by her husband and Julian Bigelow; worked on the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) on a project with her husband to produce the first successful meteorological forecast on a computer; designed new controls for ENIAC;

The Invention

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Key Information

Category:
Computer Science

Completion Status:
yes

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