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Dec 10, 1815

Ada Lovelace: Pioneer of Computing Science Born 1815, Recognized as First Computer Programmer

Ada Lovelace, born Augusta Ada Byron on December 10, 1815 in London, is celebrated as a pioneering figure in computing science who wrote the first published computer program and envisioned computers could do more than calculations. She died in 1852 at age 36.

Dec 10, 1815·4 sources
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  • ▪Ada Lovelace added her own extensive "Notes" to the translation, which were three times longer than the original article.
  • ▪Alan Turing, a pioneer of modern computing, read Ada Lovelace's work.
  • ▪Ada Lovelace Day, celebrated on the second Tuesday of October, aims to raise the profile of women in STEM.

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Women in technology19th century scienceHistory of computingComputer programming history

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