A manuscript written by Ada Lovelace, who's considered by many to be the first computer programmer, was just sold at auction for more than $125,000, the Guardian reports. A first edition and just ...

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Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, was born on December 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed. But Lovelace — properly Ada King, Countess of ...

A rare 175 year-old book containing the world's first computer algorithm by Ada Lovelace – mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron – has been sold at auction in England for £95,000 (US$125,000).

Lovelace is famous for her role in computer history today, but for decades her work went largely unrecognized. It was only in 2009 that her fans launched Ada Lovelace Day, a date in mid-October ...

Whereas Babbage is credited with the machine’s conception, it was perhaps his friend Ada Lovelace who best understood its promise and the potential that computers would one day fulfill.

The second Tuesday in October is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate and encourage the accomplishments of women in science, technology, and engineering. But who was Ada Lovelace?

Ada’s Algorithm: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age James Essinger. . Melville House (Random, dist.), $25.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-61219-408-0 ...

Lovelace was born Ada Gordon in 1815, daughter of the poet Lord Byron and his mathematics-loving wife Annabella Milbanke. As a child she was fascinated by machines, and designed everything from ...

From childhood Ada had a fascination with machines. At the age of 19 she married an aristocrat called William King. When he was made Earl of Lovelace in 1838 she became Lady Ada King, Countess of ...