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'''Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace''' (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born '''Augusta Ada Byron''' and now commonly known as '''Ada Lovelace''', was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on [[Charles Babbage]]'s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the [[analytical engine]]. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first [[algorithm]] intended to be processed by a machine
Ada was the only legitimate child of the poet [[Lord Byron]] (with [[Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron|Anne Isabella Milbanke, 11th Baroness Wentworth]]). She had no relationship with her father, who died when she was eight. As a young adult, she took an interest in mathematics, and in particular Babbage's work on the analytical engine. Between 1842 and 1843, she translated an article by Italian mathematician [[Luigi Menabrea]] on the engine, which she supplemented with a [[Ada Byron's notes on the analytical engine|set of notes]] of her own. These notes contain what is considered the first computer program — that is, an algorithm encoded for processing by a machine. Ada's notes are important in the early [[history of computers]]. She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number-crunching while others, including Babbage himself, focused only on these capabilities.<ref>Fuegi and Francis 2003 pp. 19, 25.</ref>
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