Women who have been influential in computing or related areas through history, ordered in alphabetical order by surname. * Anita Borg (1949–2003) operating systems researcher, founder of Systers * Marie Curie (1867–1934) nuclear physicist, two-time Nobel laureate * Grace Hopper (1906–1992) mid-20th century mainframe programmer, creator of COBOL * Betty Jean Jennings ENIAC programmer * Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) 19th century mathematician * Emmy Noether (1882–1935) mathematician * Betty Snyder ENIAC programmer * Karen Spärck Jones (1935–2007) 20th century British computer scientist * Meredith Patterson * Audrey Tang * Lynn Conway * Nancy Lynch * Sally Floyd * Randi Lee Harper * Lê Duy Loan * Barbara Liskov * Maria Klawe * J