c/wikipedia · by dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 23d

Margaret Hamilton (software engineer, lead developer of the Apollo Guidance Computer powering the moon missions)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_%28software_engineer%29?wprov=sfla1

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dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 23d (3 replies)

Famed pic of Margaret standing next to the Apollo Guidance Computer code

velma@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 23d (1 reply)

Such an iconic photo <3

vrek@programming.dev · 5 pts · 23d

Possibly only next to the one with her in the cabin surrounded by various switches

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23d

That’s the photo her Women of NASA Lego diorama is based on.

velma@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 23d

Hamilton has published more than 130 papers, proceedings, and reports, about sixty projects, and six major programs. She coined the term "software engineering", stating, "I began to use the term 'software engineering' to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering, yet treat each type of engineering as part of the overall systems engineering process."[1][2][3]

She coined the term "software engineering"! That's so cool

LemmyPlaceDN@europe.pub · 0 pts · 22d

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