Jean Jennings Bartik

Jean Jennings Bartik

琼·詹宁斯·巴蒂克

1924 – 2011美国计算机科学与编程

ENIAC Pioneer and Computing Visionary

Biography

Jean Jennings Bartik was one of the original programmers of ENIAC. Born on a farm in Missouri, she studied mathematics and was hired to calculate ballistic trajectories during World War II. She went on to help convert ENIAC into a stored-program computer and later worked on BINAC and UNIVAC. Her contributions were overlooked for decades until she was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 1997.

琼·詹宁斯·巴蒂克是ENIAC的原始程序员之一。她出生在密苏里州的一个农场,学习数学后在二战期间被聘用计算弹道轨迹。她后来帮助将ENIAC转换为存储程序计算机,并参与了BINAC和UNIVAC的开发。她的贡献被忽视了数十年,直到1997年入选国际女性技术名人堂。

Key Achievements

  • One of six original ENIAC programmers

    六位ENIAC原始程序员之一

  • Helped convert ENIAC to stored-program computer

    帮助将ENIAC转换为存储程序计算机

  • Worked on BINAC and UNIVAC

    参与BINAC和UNIVAC开发

References & Citations

  1. Wikipedia: Jean Bartik — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bartik
  2. Bartik, Jean. Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer That Changed the World. Truman State Univ Press, 2013.
  3. ENIAC Programmers Project — http://eniacprogrammers.org/