Ada Lovelace
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Ada Lovelace was born in London, England (10.12.1815). She has been dubbed "the first computer programmer in the world." In the 1840s, she wrote the world's first machine algorithm for a primitive computer machine that only existed on paper. Lovelace was a talented mathematician, thanks to opportunities that most women at the time were denied.
Lovelace detailed how codes could be built for the gadget to handle letters, symbols, and numbers in her notes. She also proposed a means for the engine to repeat a series of instructions, a technique known as looping that is still used today in computer programs. In the article, Lovelace also proposed
some other forward-thinking ideas. Lovelace is widely regarded as the first computer programmer because of her achievements.
In 1833, Ada Lovelace met Charles Babbage, a mathematician who had created the Difference Engine, a calculating engine. Lovelace was inspired by the Difference Engine prototype and became Babbage's lifelong companion. Babbage had a new project in mind, the Analytical Engine, which was a considerably more complex machine. Lovelace translated a French paper about the Analytical Engine written by Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea in 1843. She also filled the paper with thousands of words of her own notes. Lovelace realized the Analytical Engine could perform a complex set of mathematical operations. Computer historians consider her example of one such sequence—how to calculate Bernoulli numbers—to be the first computer program. She also suggested that the Analytical Engine may be used to manipulate "things other than numbers," such as musical notes.
Lovelace was just 36 when she died of cancer in 1852. Ada Lovelace Day on October 13th commemorates her contributions to science and engineering more than 150 years later. It is a day dedicated to learning about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, which was first celebrated in 2009 (in March).
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