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KIAda Lovelace (1815–1852) was a mathematician and visionary thinker who wrote the first algorithm ever designed to be carried out by a machine. While working on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, she realised that such a machine could do far more than perform calculations.
In her notes from 1843, Ada imagined computers manipulating symbols, composing music, and creating art — ideas that would not become reality for nearly a century. She understood that machines could follow abstract instructions, making her work the foundation of modern computing.
For this reason, Ada Lovelace is widely recognised as the world’s first computer scientist, earning the nickname “the Enchantress of Numbers.”
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