Betty Holberton

Betty Holberton
Betty Holberton
Born	Frances Elizabeth Snyder; March 7, 1917; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 8, 2001 (aged 84); Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Education	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Computer scientist
Employers	Moore School of Engineering; University of Pennsylvania ; Remington Rand; National Bureau of Standards; David Taylor Model Basin;
Known for	ENIAC
Spouse	John Vaughan Holberton
Children	2
Awards	Department of Commerce Silver Medal (1976); Ada Lovelace Award (1997); IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1997); WITI Hall of Fame (1997);

Frances Elizabeth Holberton (March 7, 1917 – December 8, 2001) was an American computer scientist who was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer). The other five ENIAC programmers were Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn Meltzer, and Frances Spence.

Holberton invented breakpoints in computer debugging.^[1]

^ Abbate, Janet (2012), Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing, MIT Press, p. 32, ISBN 9780262018067

[1] Abbate, Janet (2012), Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing, MIT Press, p. 32, ISBN 9780262018067

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Betty Holberton

Born	Frances Elizabeth Snyder (1917-03-07)March 7, 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 8, 2001(2001-12-08) (aged 84) Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Education	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Computer scientist
Employers	Moore School of Engineering University of Pennsylvania Remington Rand National Bureau of Standards David Taylor Model Basin
Known for	ENIAC
Spouse	John Vaughan Holberton
Children	2
Awards	Department of Commerce Silver Medal (1976) Ada Lovelace Award (1997) IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1997) WITI Hall of Fame (1997)