If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but... to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.
— Grace Hopper Modern

Computer programming pioneer

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Advocating for distributed computing and parallel processing instead of simply building larger, monolithic machines.

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Late 20th century, recounted in interviews.

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