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Ada Lovelace
World's first computer programmer; wrote the first algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine
England ๐ฌ๐ง 1843 Pioneers & Inventors
Key Facts
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Wrote the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine โ for Babbage's Analytical Engine in 1843
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Recognised that the engine could do more than compute numbers โ could manipulate symbols; predicted AI-like uses
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The programming language Ada (1980), used by the US military, was named in her honour
๐ก Did you know? Ada Day is celebrated every October โ honours women in science; she was the daughter of poet Lord Byron
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๐ฌ๐ง England
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World's first computer programmer