Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer That Changed the World

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Title: Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer That Changed the World
Description: During WWII, the US Army recruited six women to program the first stored-program computer, the ENIAC. This biography by one of those extraordinary women, Jean Jennings Bartik, exposes the myths about the computer's origin and properly credits those behind computing innovations that shape our daily lives.
Authors: Jean Jennings Bartik, Jon T. Rickman, Kim D. Todd
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women--United States--History--20th century, Women computer programmers--United States--Biography, Women inventors--United States--Biography, Women computer scientists--United States--Biography, Computer scientists--United States--Biography, Women in science--United States--History--20th century, Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)--United States--History--20th century, ENIAC (Computer)--History, Computer industry--United States--History--20th century
Categories: COMPUTERS / Information Technology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, COMPUTERS / Computer Literacy, COMPUTERS / Computer Science, COMPUTERS / Data Science / General, COMPUTERS / Machine Theory, COMPUTERS / Reference, COMPUTERS / Hardware / General
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:During WWII, the US Army recruited six women to program the first stored-program computer, the ENIAC. This biography by one of those extraordinary women, Jean Jennings Bartik, exposes the myths about the computer's origin and properly credits those behind computing innovations that shape our daily lives.
ISBN:9781612480862
9781612480879