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
Lovelace's diagram from Note G, the first published computer algorithm. Source: Wikipedia In note G, she describes an algorithm for the Analytical Engine to compute Bernoulli numbers. read more
She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is sometimes regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first computer programmer. read more
British mathematician Ada Lovelace can be considered the mother of computer programing, as she wrote some of the first complex algorithm meant to be carried out by a machine. British mathematician Ada Lovelace can be considered the mother of computer programing, as she wrote some of the first complex algorithm meant to be carried out by a machine. read more