Grace Hopper and the UNIVAC in LEGO with callouts

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This vignette of Grace Hopper is part of "Women of Computing," a project on the LEGO Ideas contest celebrating six pioneering women in technology. If this project receives 10,000 votes, you could soon buy one at a LEGO store near you!

A trailblazing computer scientist and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, Hopper spent more than 40 years shaping the world of computing. One of the first modern programmers, she helped bring computing to the masses in new and fundamental ways. She was a lead programmer on the Mark I, an early general-purpose computer developed at Harvard University. She is credited by many as having invented the first compiler, which translates code into another language. She played a leading role in the development of COBOL, a highly influential programming language using English words that was incorporated into untold business and government applications. And she was a key driver on the Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC) I, a general-purpose computer that debuted in the 1950s and revolutionized how businesses worked. A portion of the UNIVAC is depicted in this vignette along with a model of Hopper's desk, which features a backward-running clock, a moth (considered the first literal computer "bug"), a pirate flag, and more. Hopper is holding a coil of wire that she used to publicly demonstrate the concepts of microseconds and nanoseconds.

The full Women of NASA set includes five additional minifigures — of Ada Lovelace, Betty Holberton, Jean Jennings Bartik, Gladys West, and Annie Easley.

To see the full set and to vote, visit: bit.ly/3cgHobo. Thanks for your support!

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Taken on: March 23, 2021

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