What did Ada Lovelace invent?

What she did was write the world's first machine algorithm for an early computing machine that existed only on paper. ... read more

Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, commonly known as Augusta Ada Lovelace, invented the first version of what would later become known as computer programming. Specifically, Lovelace created a system that enabled an early version of a computer to calculate Bernoulli numbers. read more

Ada was a descendant of the extinct Barons Lovelace and in 1838, her husband was made Earl of Lovelace and Viscount Ockham, meaning Ada became the Countess of Lovelace. In 1843–44, Ada's mother assigned William Benjamin Carpenter to teach Ada's children and to act as a "moral" instructor for Ada. read more

Ada Lovelace has been called the world's first computer programmer. What she did was write the world’s first machine algorithm for an early computing machine that existed only on paper. Of course, someone had to be the first, but Lovelace was a woman, and this was in the 1840s. read more