File:90-115-AG, AH, Wire Nanosecond (15864510468).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (4,608 × 3,456 pixels, file size: 6.76 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Accession: 90-115-AG, AH Electrical Components, Wire

These two wires one with the label "master" were used by Rear Admiral Grace Hopper to visualize the concept of a nanosecond. Rear Admiral Hopper was a pioneer in the development of computing programming in the Navy and co-inventor of COBAL(Common Business Orientated Language).

www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm This link provides biographical information on Rear Admiral Hopper.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8 This link shows Rear Admiral Hopper explaining nanoseconds.

Collection of Curator Branch: Naval History and Heritage Command.
Date
Source 90-115-AG, AH, Wire Nanosecond
Author Naval History & Heritage Command from Washington, DC, USA

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Naval History & Heritage Command at https://flickr.com/photos/41258145@N03/15864510468. It was reviewed on 3 November 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

3 November 2015

This media file is uncategorized.
Please help improve this media file by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related media files (how?), and so that it can be more easily found.
Please notify the uploader with
{{subst:Please link images|File:90-115-AG, AH, Wire Nanosecond (15864510468).jpg}} ~~~~

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current02:21, 3 November 2015Thumbnail for version as of 02:21, 3 November 20154,608 × 3,456 (6.76 MB)Tm (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:90-115-AG,_AH,_Wire_Nanosecond_(15864510468).jpg&oldid=896255045"