Ada Lovelace Day is held every year on the second Tuesday of October, as today is. Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer1.
References
- “Ada Lovelace“, Wikipedia. Retrieved: 2016.10.06. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace.
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