Ada lovelace mathematician quotes of life

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December – 27 November), born Augusta Ada Byron and now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an Englishmathematician and writer, daughter of the poetLord Byron.

She is chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.

Ada lovelace mathematician quotes of life

Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. Because of this, she is often described as the world's first computer programmer, or the "mother of computer programming".

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• [The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine.

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