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class="basecolor"> Due </td> </tr> <tr class="oddfalse"> <td>Main Library</td> <td>Adult Biography</td> <td>B HOPPER, G.</td> <td> <span style="color:green;font-weight:bold">Checked In</span> </td> <td></td> </tr> </hipavail> </root> </table> </div> <div id="accessible_syndeticsice"> <br xmlns="" /> <div id="syndeticsice_toc" style="
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 " xmlns=""> <div> <a href="#syn_toc_summary" class="syndetics_toc_target">Summary</a> </div> <div> <a href="#syn_toc_toc" class="syndetics_toc_target">Table of Contents</a> </div> <div> <a href="#syn_toc_coverimgs" class="syndetics_toc_target">Other Covers</a> </div> </div> <div id="syndetics_main" class="syndetics_main" xmlns=""> <div class="syndetics_item"> <table class="dtable" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="basecolor" colspan="2" id="syndetics_summary_title"> <a name="syn_toc_summary" class="syndetics_toc_anchor"></a> <strong>Summary</strong><div class="separator"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div id="syndetics_summary">The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers.</div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br></br> <div class="syndetics_item"> <table class="dtable" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="basecolor" colspan="2" id="syndetics_toc_title"> <a 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class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">1 The Myth Of Amazing Grace</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">1</td> </tr> <tr class="syndetics_row syndetics_dtoc_row"> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">2 The Rebirth Of Grace Murray Hopper</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">23</td> </tr> <tr class="syndetics_row_hilite syndetics_dtoc_row_hilite"> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">3 The Origins Of Computer Programming</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">45</td> </tr> <tr class="syndetics_row syndetics_dtoc_row"> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div 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