Ada Lovelace

person (1811-1852) The daughter of Lord Byron, who became

the world's first programmer while cooperating with CharlesBabbage on the design of his mechanical computing engines in

the mid-1800s.

The language Ada was named after her.

[\"Ada, Enchantress of Numbers Prophit of the Computer Age\",Betty Alexandra Toole ].

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(1999-07-17)