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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
Ada Lovelace
(1811-1852) The daughter of Lord Byron, who became
the world's first programmer while cooperating with Charles
Babbage on the design of his mechanical computing engines in
the mid-1800s.
The language Ada was named after her.
[{"Ada, Enchantress of Numbers Prophit of the Computer Age",
http://www.well.com/user/adatoole)" rel="nofollow">Betty Alexandra Toole (http://www.well.com/user/adatoole)].
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