LOVELACE, LADY AUGUSTA ADA BYRON, COUNTESS OF LOVELACE

computer programmer (1815-1851)

She is considered the first computer programmer. She was the daughter of Lord Byron, the English poet. One of her patrons was Sir Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer. She wrote the "code" to run the machine. To honor her memory, the US Navy named one of its computer languages ADA.

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