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Brendon Eich was born on July 4th, 1961. Brendon received his bachelor's degree in math and computer science at Santa Clara University. Then he received his master's degree in 1985 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eich created JavaScript in 1995 when he was a Netscape employee. He created JavaScript in 1995 when he was a Netscape employee. He also co-founded Mozilla in 1998. In 2014, he was appointed as the CEO of Mozilla, but he resigned after just 11 days of being a CEO due to various issues. Brendan is now the CEO of Brave Software, a firm that develops the Brave browser and also co-created BAT (Basic Attention Token) which is a in-browser cryptocurrency that rewards users for browsing the internet by showing ads. Without JavaScript a lot of websites, pictures, and forms wouldn't load. There are no ads which make it harder for brands to advertise and make money. https://fossbytes.com/who-is-brendan-eich/

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Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was born on December 9th, 1906, and died on January 1, 1992. When Hopper was younger she attended a preparatory school in New Jersey,then joined Vassar College where she obtained two degrees. One was in math and the other was in science. Then Grace attend Yale where she earned her master’s and PHD in mathematics. She then became one of the first progammer of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers.https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/grace-hopper

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Ada Lovelace

Ada was born on December 0,1815 and died November 27,1852. Ada studied math which was unusual for women during her time and worked closely with Charles Babbage, the english mathematician and inventor. Ada is known for creating a program for Charles Babbage's prototype of a digital computer/ analytical engine. She has been the first computer programmer by many people. She has also translated and annotated an article written by an Italian mathematician and engineer called Luigi Federico Menabrea. Without her computer programming we would probably not have as advanced computers to this day. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ada-Lovelace

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