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How a 19th-century British countess became a computer-science pioneer.

A journal of Art, Culture and Politics, Published by the University of Chicago

Ada Lovelace, English mathematician, an associate of Charles Babbage, for whose digital computer prototype, the Analytical Engine, she created a program in 1843. She has been called the first computer programmer. Ada Lovelace Day, the second Tuesday in October, honors women’s contributions to science and technology.

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During the height of the Industrial Revolution in England, Charles Babbage was tasked by the British government with creating a machine that could process the government's financial accounts from across its empire. Babbage nearly succeeded in building something even greater: a computer.