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NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format
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NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format

Rob Beschizza

Aug 27, 2024
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Hopper delivering the 1982 lecture
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U.S. Navy computer scientist and COBOL inventor Grace Hopper gave a famed lecture in 1982 that was recorded using an obsolete video medium for which no player now exists. Yesterday, the NSA posted it on its YouTube channel, reflecting years of demand for it to be made public and work by the National Archives and Records…

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