|death_date = {{death date and age|1992|1|1|1906|12|9}}
|birth_place=[[New York Ceety]], [[New York]], U.S.
|death_place=[[Arlington]], [[Virginie]], U.S.
|placeofburial=[[Arlington Naitional Seemetry]]
|placeofburial_label= Place o burial
|image=Commodore Grace M. Hopper, USN (covered).jpg
|caption=Hopper in Januar 1984
|nickname="Amazing Grace"
|allegiance= {{flagu|Unitit States o Americae}}
|serviceyears=1943–1966, 1967–1971, 1972–1986
|rank=  [[Rear Admiral (Unitit States)|Rear Admiral (lawer hauf)]]
|branch={{flag|Unitit States Navy}}
|commands=
|awards= [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/> [[Legion o Merit]]<br /> [[Meritorious Service Medal (USA)|Meritorious Service Medal]]<br /> [[American Campaign Medal]]<br /> [[Warld War II Victory Medal]]<br /> [[Naitional Defense Service Medal]]<br />[[Armed Forces Reserve Medal]] wi twa [[Oorglass Device]]s<br /> [[Naval Reserve Medal]]
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}}
'''Grace Murray Hopper''' (December 9, 1906{{spaced ndash}}Januar 1, 1992) wis an American [[computer scientist]] an [[Unitit States Navy]] [[Rear admiral (Unitit States)|Rear Admiral]]. A pioneer in the field, she wis ane o the first programmers o the [[Harvard Mark I]] computer, an developed the first [[compiler]] for a computer programmin leid.<ref name="Wexelblat81">{{cite book |author= Richard L. Wexelblat, ed. |title= History of Programming Languages |url= https://archive.org/details/historyofprogram0000hist |year= 1981 |location= New York |publisher= Academic Press |isbn= 0-12-745040-8}}</ref><ref name="Spencer85">{{cite book |author= Donald D. Spencer |title= Computers and Information Processing |url= https://archive.org/details/computerinformat0000unse_n4p5 |year= 1985 |publisher= C.E. Merrill Publishing Co |isbn= 978-0-675-20290-9}}</ref><ref name="Laplante01">{{cite book |author= Phillip A. Laplante |title= Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology |year= 2001 |publisher= CRC Press |isbn= 978-0-8493-2691-2}}</ref><ref name="Bunch93">{{cite book |author= Bryan H. Bunch, Alexander Hellemans |title= The Timetables of Technology: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Technology |url= https://archive.org/details/timetablesoftech00brya |year= 1993 |publisher= Simon & Schuster |isbn= 978-0-671-76918-5}}</ref><ref name="Booss03">{{cite book |author= Bernhelm Booss-Bavnbek, Jens Høyrup |title= Mathematics and War |year= 2003 |publisher= Birkhäuser Verlag |isbn= 978-3-7643-1634-1}}</ref> She conceptualized the idea o machine-independent programmin leids, which led tae the development o [[COBOL]], ane o the first [[heich-level programmin leid|modren programmin leid]]s.  She is credited wi popularizing the term "debuggin" for fixin computer glitches (inspired bi an actual [[moch]] removed frae the computer). Owin tae the breadth o her accomplishments an her naval rank, she is whiles referred tae as "Amazing Grace".<ref name="urlCyber Heroes of the past: Amazing Grace Hopper">{{cite web
|url=http://wvegter.hivemind.net/abacus/CyberHeroes/Hopper.htm
|title=Cyber Heroes of the past: "Amazing Grace" Hopper
|accessdate=December 12, 2013
}}</ref><ref name="urlGrace Murray Hopper">{{cite web
|url=http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/hopper.htm
|title=Grace Murray Hopper
|accessdate=December 12, 2012
}}</ref> The U.S. Navy destroyer [[USS Hopper (DDG-70)|USS ''Hopper'' (DDG-70)]] is named for her, as wis the [[Cray XE6]] "Hopper" supercomputer at [[NERSC]].