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Mothers of Invention

on BBC Radio 4 FM

5: Grace Hopper. Hopper joined the US Navy and pioneered the first widely accepted computer language. She was the first person to use the term "bug" to describe a glitch in the system.
For details see Monday Repeat of 10.45am

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Unknown:
Grace Hopper.
Grace Hopper:
Liza Ross
Ronald Reagan:
Kerry Shale
Young Grace:
Barbara Barnes
Howard Aiken:
David Jarvis

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