Jennifer S. Light's essay, " When Computers Were Women ", documents and describes the role of the women of ENIAC as well as outlines the historical omission or downplay of women's roles in computer science history.

Eckert and Mauchly and the other ENIAC designers were joined by John von Neumann in a consulting role ; von Neumann summarized and discussed logical design developments in the 1945 First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC.

Thanks to Carmack's idea of extending video game life by adding unlimited expandability ( extensibility already played a big role in Doom ), an enormous Internet community of gamers and programmers alike has arisen and many modern multiplayer games are extensible in some form.

Several Pike programmers have found their way to the Linköping office of Opera Software, where the language plays a central role in the server / gateway parts of the Opera Mini application.

During quality assurance ( such as the role of a game tester for video games ), glitches must be located, a report must be compiled, and then fed back to the programmers to repair the bugs.

It is meant for easy comprehension by programmers, but not as a definition for compiler writers — that role properly belongs to the standard itself.

He also had a role as antagonist Peter Drummond in the campy television movie How to Make a Monster, in which nerdy computer game programmers accidentally give life to a deadly AI.

Paul Davis ( formerly as Paul Barton-Davis ) is a British software developer best known for his work on audio software for the Linux operating system, and for his role as one of the first two programmers at Amazon. com.

For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

Bertha, blue-eyed like Mamma, was from the start her mother's daughter, destined for her mother's role in life.

It was here that the terror-stricken Dennis Moon played an unrehearsed role during the children's party.

Its climactic role was to pursue and demoralize a defeated enemy but this chance never came in the Atlanta campaign.

When McPherson pushed blindly through Snake Creek Gap in a potentially decisive movement, the only cavalry in his van was the Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry, totally inadequate for its role.

Then why was he assuming the role -- the gesture and the suffering??

Or was he now taking the role -- the gesture and the suffering -- because it was the only way to affirm his history and identity in the torpid, befogged loneliness of this land.

She was hired and was found to be entirely satisfactory when she played the role eight hours a day.

They were stressed in the speeches of Si Mubarak Bekkai when the first Council of Ministers was formed and again when the Istiqlal took a leading role in the second Council.

With four younger children at home, Lucy stepped into her mother's role, and even after the brothers and sisters were grown, she was her father's comfort and stay until he died in 1879.

This was disclosed today by a responsible source amid intensified efforts by the Soviet Union to gain a greater role in the staff and operation of the United Nations.

Among stage performances was a starring role in `` Golden Arrow '' directed by Noel Coward.

All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; ;

Then there is a matchmaker, one Mikeen Flynn, a role for which Eddie Foy was happily selected.

However, while Apollo has a great number of appellations in Greek myth, only a few occur in Latin literature, chief among them Phoebus ( ; Φοίβος, Phoibos, literally " radiant "), which was very commonly used by both the Greeks and Romans in Apollo's role as the god of light.

He was also called Agyieus ( ; Ἀγυιεύς, Aguīeus, from ἄγυια, " street ") for his role in protecting roads and homes ; and as Nomius ( ; Νόμιος, Nomios, literally " pastoral ") and Nymphegetes ( ; Νυμφηγέτης, Numphēgetēs, from Νύμφη, " Nymph ", and ἡγέτης, " leader ") in his role as a protector of shepherds and pastoral life.

As such Anglicanism was, from the outset, a movement with an explicitly episcopal polity, a characteristic which has been vital in maintaining the unity of the Communion by conveying the episcopate's role in manifesting visible catholicity and ecumenism.

In the film, Thirteen at Dinner ( 1985 ), adapted from Lord Edgware Dies, the role of Japp was taken by the actor David Suchet, who would later star as Poirot in the ITV adaptations.

Due to his close proximity with Jacques Doriot's fascist Parti Populaire Français ( PPF ) during the 1930s and his role in implementing eugenics policies during Vichy France, he was accused after the Liberation of collaborationism, but died before the trial.

Spalding was, however, known to aggrandise his role in the major moments in baseball's history.

Throughout ancient and medieval history, most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans, such as stone masons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder.

Still more different from Bachofen's perspective is the lack of role permanency in Freud's view: Freud held that time and differing cultures would mold Athena to stand for what was necessary to them.

Somewhat to his surprise he found that one girl, whom he would never have considered for the job since she had appeared somewhat mousy and also had been in the office a relatively short time, did the most outstanding job of playing the role of receptionist, showing wit, sparkle, and aplomb.

Interpretation, naturally, remains the role of the therapist, but orientation -- not only the patient's vocal giveaways of geographical and socio-economic background, but also vocal but non-verbal giveaways of danger spots in his relationship to people -- can be considerably beefed up by the linguist.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

These normally play an important role in controlling the growth of algae and also forage on detritus that accumulates as sediment on the bottom.

Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.

It also has an important role in maintaining neuronal polarity.

The role of fine art has been to simultaneously express values of the current culture while also offering criticism, balance, or alternatives to any such values that are proving no longer useful.

Generals were elected not only because their role required expert knowledge but also because they needed to be people with experience and contacts in the wider Greek world where wars were fought.

It also found a prominent role in the desktop video, video production, and show control business, leading to affordable video editing systems such as the Video Toaster.

Oceanic models have shown that the opening of these two passages limited polar heat convergence and caused a cooling of sea surface temperatures by several degrees ; other models have shown that CO < sub > 2 </ sub > levels also played a significant role in the glaciation of Antarctica < sup >.</ sup >

The level of protection also usually varies considerably throughout the individual vehicle too, depending on the role of the vehicle and the likely direction of attack.

British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

Services and public administration also play a major role in the city's economy.

Art historians and theorists such as Cesare Brandi have also played a significant role in developing conservation-restoration theory.

Abbaton is also said to have a prominent role in the Last Judgement, as the one who will take the souls to the Valley of Josaphat.

They are also found in some bacteria, notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis where they appear to have a key role in pathogenesis.

Archaeoastronomy ( also spelled archeoastronomy ) is the study of how people in the past " have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used phenomena in the sky, and what role the sky played in their cultures.

It has also been argued that much of the research into long-term antipsychotic maintenance may be flawed due to failure to take into account the role of antipsychotic withdrawal effects on relapse rates.

There has also been controversy about the role of pharmaceutical companies in marketing and promoting antipsychotics, including allegations of downplaying or covering up adverse effects, expanding the number of conditions or illegally promoting off-label usage ; influencing drug trials ( or their publication ) to try to show that the expensive and profitable newer atypicals were superior to the older cheaper typicals that were out of patent.

Capp portrayed himself in a cameo role in the Bob Hope film That Certain Feeling, ( for which he also provided promotional art ).

He is also quoted as turning down the role for being " Sgt.

) Milton Berle also passed on the role.

Larry Blyden, who played Hysterium, the role created by Jack Gilford, also co-produced.