In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century ...

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Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron and mathematician Annabella Milbanke, became the world's first programmer in 1843 with her algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Learning to ...

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