Grace Hopper, a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, was a computer scientist who developed the first user-friendly business computer software program in the 1950s. She was also instrumental in the development of the COBOL language, one of the first high-level programming languages. Hopper's work has had a profound impact on the computer industry, yet her story is often overshadowed by her male contemporaries.
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