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Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer

Kathy Kleiman

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Description:An untold, World War II-era story of the six American women who programmed the world's first modern computer.After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer--better known as the ENIAC— even though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence. While most students of computer history are aware of this innovative machine, the great contributions of the women who programmed it were never told -- until now. Over the course of a decade, Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded extensive interviews with the women about their work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer. To get started finding Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An untold, World War II-era story of the six American women who programmed the world's first modern computer.After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer--better known as the ENIAC— even though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence. While most students of computer history are aware of this innovative machine, the great contributions of the women who programmed it were never told -- until now. Over the course of a decade, Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded extensive interviews with the women about their work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer. To get started finding Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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