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TIL that the first computer programmer was a woman. Her name was Ada Lovelace.

www.britannica.com Ada Lovelace | Biography, Computer, & Facts

Ada Lovelace, English mathematician, an associate of Charles Babbage, for whose digital computer prototype, the Analytical Engine, she created a program in 1843. She has been called the first computer programmer. Ada Lovelace Day, the second Tuesday in October, honors women’s contributions to scienc...

Ada Lovelace | Biography, Computer, & Facts
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