Over 100 years before the first computer, Ada Lovelace wrote the first program in 1842

Between 1842 and 1843, Lovelace wrote the first computer program for Babbage's Analytical Engine concept. Although never ...

In 1843, a 27-year-old woman wrote first-ever computer program. Mentored by Charles Babbage, her work still inspires modern technology nearly 200 years later

Ada Lovelace, a visionary ahead of her time, imagined programmable machines long before electronic computers came into being.
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This 'Countess of Computing' wrote the first computer program

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 ...