Geek Fact for January 1st

By Judy Novotny / 01/01/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1992, computer scientist Admiral Grace Murray Hopper died.

Born December 9th, 1906, perhaps her best-known contribution to computing was the invention of the compiler, the intermediate program that translates English language instructions into the language of the target computer.

Learn more about Admiral Hopper at http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/hopper.html

In 2000, the world survived the Y2K bug.

After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported – a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea.

Learn more at http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142555/Y2K_The_good_the_bad_and_the_crazy

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.