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The first description of the C-10 instruction code dates from today in 1949. C-10 is the first mnemonic code and the ancestor of modern programming languages. It was created for the UNIVAC system by Betty Holberton, who was part of a team of mostly female software engineers, like most programmers before programming was considered prestigious.
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