British computer scientist and mathematician Kathleen Booth has passed away. Kathleen is credited with inventing the concept of assembly language and implementing the subsequent assembler and autocode for computers at the University of London. Machines: The Automatic Relay Calculator (ARC), Simple Electronic Computer (SEC) and the All Purpose Electronic (X) Computer (APE(X)C)

Kathleen Booth 1922 - 2022

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