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Ada Lovelace
work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine
- was a mathematician and writer
- published the first algorithm intended for processing on a machine
- is recognized as the world's first computer programmer
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
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The Theoretical Foundations PhilosophyAda Lovelace published the first computer program and foresaw that machines might one day compose music — then warned they could never truly think.