Ada Lovelace
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Ada Lovelace English mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron who worked with Charles Babbage on his Analytical Engine. Her 1843 notes included the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine, making her widely considered the world's first computer programmer — a century before the first electronic computers.
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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. She was the first to recognise the machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.
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