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Ada Lovelace

First Computer Algorithm

Born 1815 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England 1843

๐Ÿ“ Known For

1

First computer algorithm โ€” written for Babbage's Analytical Engine (1843)

2

Envisioned computers doing far more than pure calculation โ€” music, graphics

3

World's first programmer, 100 years before the first electronic computer

World's first programmer; worked on Babbage's engine

Quick Facts

Field

๐Ÿ“ Mathematics

Country

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England

Born

1815

Key Year

1843

Invention

First Computer Algorithm