Betty Holberton

Biography

Betty Holberton was one of the six original programmers of ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer. She wrote the first software application, invented breakpoints for debugging, and helped develop the UNIVAC. She also played a key role in developing the first sort-merge generator and contributed to the creation of COBOL and Fortran standards.

贝蒂·霍尔伯顿是世界上第一台通用电子计算机ENIAC的六位原始程序员之一。她编写了第一个软件应用程序，发明了用于调试的断点，并帮助开发了UNIVAC。她还在开发第一个排序合并生成器方面发挥了关键作用，并为COBOL和Fortran标准的创建做出了贡献。

Key Achievements

• One of six original ENIAC programmers

  六位ENIAC原始程序员之一

• Invented breakpoints for debugging

  发明了用于调试的断点

• Helped develop COBOL and Fortran standards

  帮助开发了COBOL和Fortran标准

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Betty Holberton — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Holberton
2. Kleiman, Kathy. Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer. Grand Central, 2022.
3. ENIAC Programmers Project — http://eniacprogrammers.org/