<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Today's Google Doodle is an animated tribute to computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, who was born on Dec. 9, 1906 in New York City. \nHopper is best known for being one of the designers of COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages, which was created in 1959 during the Conference on Data Systems Languages. \nSee also: Get Lost in These 19 Fascinating Maps\nCOBOL is still in use today, especially by government and military agencies as well as banks. \n \nHopper also pioneered the implementation of standards for computer systems, including programming languages FORTRAN and COBOL. \nShe died on Jan. 1, 1992.\nThe Doodle depicts her working at a huge mainframe, computing her own age, which would today be 107. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n\n\nTop 10 Animated Google Doodles\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Christmas Google Doodle\nEach package gets larger with a mouse-over, and a click on it returns search results pertinent to a specific country or the particular items featured in a scene. This one is from December 24, 2010.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlie Chaplin Google Doodle \nThe Google Doodle team stars in an homage to the silent film era's greatest star's 122nd birthday, April 15, 2011.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoogle Logo Repelled by Cursor \nThis one's done in HTML5 and was published Sept. 7, 2010. To get the full effect, here's one you can interact with.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Lennon Google Doodle \nThis Doodle commemorated John Lennon's 70th birthday in October 2010.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartha Graham\nDebuting May 10, 2011, this Google Doodle marks dance choreographer Martha Graham's birthday.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Bunsen\nCommemorated the birthday of the inventor of the Bunsen burner, German chemist Robert Bunsen on March 31, 2011.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThomas Edison\nThe great inventor's birthday was honored on February 11, 2011.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndependence Day\nMarking Independence Day 2010.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPac-Man's 30th Anniversary\nA real crowd pleaser was this playable Pac-Man game, which appeared on May 21. 2010. Here's a playable version.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Flickr, Carl Malamud"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://mashable.com/2013/12/09/animated-google-doodle-honors-computer-pioneer-grace-hopper/>