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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. Because of this, she is sometimes considered the world's first [[computer programmer]].<ref name="Annals of the History of Computing">J. Fuegi and J. Francis, "Lovelace & Babbage and the creation of the 1843 'notes'". ''[[IEEE Annals of the History of Computing]]'' 25 No.&nbsp;4 (October–December 2003): 16–26. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2003.1253887 Digital Object Identifier]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/ada-bio.html |title=Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace| accessdate =11 July 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100721013509/http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/ada-bio.html| archivedate= 21 July 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

'''Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace''' (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born '''Augusta Ada Byron''' th [[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&nbsp;— 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>

'''Augusta Ada King,was Countessthe ofonly Lovelace'''legitimate (10child Decemberof 1815the –poet 27 November 1852), born '''Augusta Ada[[Lord Byron''']] th(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&nbsp;— 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>

==Biography==