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Sams teach yourself Cobol in 24 hours / by Hubbell, Thane.(CARDINAL)656776;
Subjects: COBOL (Computer program language);
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Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age / by Beyer, Kurt.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The myth of amazing Grace -- The rebirth of Grace Murray Hopper -- The origins of computer programming -- The Harvard Computation Laboratory -- The beginning of a computing community -- The 1947 Harvard symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery -- Staring into the abyss -- The education of a computer -- IBM answers Remington Rand's challenge -- The development of problem-oriented languages -- Distributed invention matures : Grace Hopper and the development of Cobol -- Inventing the information age.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hopper, Grace Murray.; Computer science; Women computer engineers;
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Patently female : from AZT to TV dinners : stories of women inventors and their breakthrough ideas / by Vare, Ethlie Ann,author.(DLC)n 86108083 (CARDINAL)189465; Ptacek, Greg,author.(DLC)n 86038511 (CARDINAL)188395;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. Kevlar : Stephanie L. Kwolek -- Cotton gin : Catherine Littlefield Greene -- Geobond : Patricia Billings -- Liquid paper : Bette Nesmith Graham -- Artificial diamonds : Patricia A. Bianconi -- Voice-controlled devices : Martine Kempf -- Windshield wiper : Mary Anderson -- Vacuum canning : Amanda Theodosia Jones/ Mary Engle Pennington -- Cordless phone : Teri Pall -- Maritime signal flare : Martha Coston -- Tract housing : Kate Gleason -- The paper bag : Margaret Knight/ Lydia Deubener -- Electric motor : Emily Goss Davenport -- The aircart : Mary Howell -- Automated motel : Carmemina Parkhurst -- Voice monitor -- Doris Drucker -- Cultured marble : Harriet Hosmer -- Car tray table : Sandy Flick -- Personal communicator : Celeste Baranski -- Disposable phone : Randice Altschul -- Chapter 2. Automatic dishwasher : Josephine Cochran -- Drip coffeemaker : Melitta Bentz -- Carpet sweeper : Anna Bissell -- Fabric softener sheets : Agnes McQueary -- Jolly jumper : Jane Wells/Olivia Poole -- Potato chips in bags : Laura Scudder -- Scotchgard : Patsy Sherman -- Miracle mop : Joy Mangano -- Stove top stuffing : Ruth Siems -- Frozen pizza : Rose Totino -- Spic and Span : Elizabeth MacDonald -- Zigzag sewing machine : Helen Augusta Blanchard -- Automatic sewing machine : Caroline Garcin -- Step-on trash container : Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Lactaid : Virginia Holsinger -- Jell-O : Sarah Cooper, Rose Markward Knox, Mary Wait -- Chapter 3. COBOL/Computer compiler : Grace Murray Hopper -- Computer gaming : Roberta Williams -- First computer language : Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace -- Virtual film set : Lynn Hershman Leeson -- The aging machine : Nancy Burson -- High-tech home (and motor home) : Portia Isaacson -- Office computer, airline reservations system : Evelyn Berezin -- Library database : Alicia Page -- Workstation for the handicapped : Caroline Fu -- Computer network debugger : Shaula Alexander Yemini -- Blissymbol program : Rachel Zimmerman -- 3-d innovations : Susan Kasen Summer, Shin-Yee Lu, Elizabeth Downing -- Utility equipment : Edith Clarke, Edna Schneider Hoover -- Supercomputer and microelectronics chip design : Lynn Conway -- Chapter 4. Chemotherapy : Gertrude Elion -- AZT : Janet Rideout -- Protease Inhibitors : M. Katherine Holloway, Chen Zhao -- Nystatin : Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown -- Radioimmunoassay : Rosalyn Yalow -- Urinalysis : Helen Murray Free -- Bone marrow transplants : Suzanne Ildstad -- Rolfing : Ida Rolf -- Laser cataract surgergy : Patricia Bath -- t-PA : Diane Pennica -- Telomerase : Andrea Bodnar -- Chapter 5. FoxFibre : Sally Fox -- Eco-software : Virginia Dale -- Xanthan gum, IV fluids : Allene Rosalind Jeanes -- Agricultural antibiotics : Odette Shotwell -- Super slurper : Mary Ollidene Weaver -- Herbal remedies : Nicole Maxwell -- Nonpolluting marine oil filter : Dorothy Kucik -- Recyclable handbag : Judy A. Samelson -- Marwood : Margarita Centeno -- Molecular filters : Edith M. Flanigen -- Superyeast : Dr. Inge Russell -- Pollutant scanner : Lori A. Todd -- Chapter 6. The bra : Herminie Cadole, Caresse Crosby, Ida Rosenthal -- Jogbra : Hinda Miller and Lisa Lindahl -- Scunci ("scrunchie") : Rommy Revson -- Topsy tail : Tomima Edmark -- Dazzle Dot : Mary Ellen Hills -- O. B. tampon : Dr. Judith Esser-Mittag -- Hair relaxer : Sarah Breedlove ("Madame C. J. Walker") -- Permanent waving machine : Marjorie Joyner -- Disposable diaper : Marion Donovan -- Chapter 7. Mars Rover : Donna Shirley -- Optical imaging : Ellen Ochoa -- Space suit : Alice Chatham, Bernadette Luna -- Pulsar : Jocelyn Bell -- Extraterrestrial life : Roberta Score -- Extraterrestrial origin of life on earth : Luann Becker -- Planet-in-formation : Andrea Ghez -- Planet outside the solar system : Susan Tereby -- Means for measuring the universe's age : Wendy Friedman -- Chapter 8. Barbie doll : Ruth Handler -- Hang glider : Gertrude Rogallo -- Girl's softball helmet : Pamela Ryan -- "Revenge" toilet paper and novelty gifts : Mary Putre -- Centipede : Dona Bailey -- Chapter 9. Kiddie Stool : Jeanie Low -- Happy Hands : Elizabeth Low -- Makin' Bacon : Abbey Fleck -- "Money Talks" : bill reader for the blind : Tracy Phillips -- Wristies : K-K Gregory -- Magic Shine Colored Car Wax : Vanessa Hess -- Glo-Sheet : Becky Schroeder -- Child Locator : Lisa Stovall -- Speech-Recognition Programs : Sarita James -- Pocket Diaper : Chelsea Lanmon.
Subjects: Biographies.; Women inventors.; Women inventors;
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