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Ada Lovelace
KindPerson
Born1815
Died1852
StatusDead
Fieldcomputing
Also known asAugusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Wrote the first published algorithm intended for a machine — a Bernoulli-number program for Babbage's Analytical Engine.

Wrote the first published algorithm intended for a machine — her 1843 notes on the Analytical Engine's Bernoulli-numbers program, with loops and the insight that the engine could manipulate symbols, not just numbers.\n\nThe Ada language is named for her; whether she or Babbage wrote the program first is a genuine historiographical debate.

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