the ENIAC programmers

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The six women who programmed the ENIAC in the 1940s, largely uncredited for decades.

Working without programming languages or manuals, they configured the room-sized machine by physically rewiring it and setting switches, effectively inventing hands-on programming as they went. Their contribution went unrecognized for years, and their story reshaped the history of who built early computing.

Also known as: ENIAC six, ENIAC women

Sources

  • Documented; Light, 'When Computers Were Women' (1999)

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