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Famed pic of Margaret standing next to the Apollo Guidance Computer code
Such an iconic photo <3
Possibly only next to the one with her in the cabin surrounded by various switches
That’s the photo her Women of NASA Lego diorama is based on.
Hamilton has published more than 130 papers, proceedings, and reports, about sixty projects, and six major programs. She coined the term "software engineering", stating, "I began to use the term 'software engineering' to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering, yet treat each type of engineering as part of the overall systems engineering process."[1][2][3]
She coined the term "software engineering"! That's so cool
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