Betty Holberton

Betty Holberton
Holberton, c. 1955
Born
Frances Elizabeth Snyder

(1917-03-07)March 7, 1917
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 8, 2001(2001-12-08) (aged 84)
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
OccupationComputer scientist
Employers
Known forENIAC
SpouseJohn Vaughan Holberton
Children2
Awards

Frances Elizabeth Holberton (March 7, 1917 – December 8, 2001) was an American computer scientist who was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer). The other five ENIAC programmers were Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn Meltzer, and Frances Spence.

Holberton invented breakpoints in computer debugging.