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Timeline and Facts

100

IBM

International Business Machines

200

Which coding language did Dorothy Vaughan teach herself and her team to ensure they wouldn’t be replaced by the machine?

Fortran

300

How many calculations per second could the IBM 7090 perform compared to the "human computers"?

24,000 calculations/second

400

Sequence these three major events in the correct order:

• A) Al Harrison knocks down the "Colored Ladies Room" sign.
• B) Russia launches Yuri Gagarin into orbit.
• C) Katherine is given a pearl necklace by her colleagues.

B
A
C