Rare book by ‘world's first computer programmer’ – Byron's daughter – up £5,000 at auction AN ultra-rare book by the Victorian woman described as the “world's first computer programmer” is set to sell ...

In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

Google is celebrating the 197th birthday of Ada Lovelace - considered to be the world's first computer programmer - with a homepage doodle that honors her contributions to computer science. The doodle ...

What came first, the chicken or the egg? The computer or the computer program? If you happen to do anything other than sleep in a cave today, chances are you have Ada Lovelace to thank for it. She is ...

Despite being the daughter of the passionate Romantic era poet, she had a brilliant mind for maths and logic. Today is the bicentenary of her birth, a day that by rights should be set aside to ...

Here's what we know about Lord Byron's gifted daughter and how she's helping raise the profile of women in science and tech NINETEENTH century mathematician Ada Lovelace imagined the modern-day ...

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Today is Ada Lovelace Day. Who's that? Just the first computer programmer. Ever. Lovelace's friend Charles Babbage designed a concept for a machine he called the "Analytical Engine" -- essentially a ...

The annual celebration of women's achievements in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) is named after the woman regarded as the world's first computer programmer. Born two centuries ago ...