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Category Description: Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace; daughter of Lord Byron, born 1815, died 1852. Now remembered as Ada Lovelace, who wrote a description of Charles Babbage's "analytical engine", and is today remembered as the "first programmer". The computer language Ada was named after her.

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Ada & the Analytical Engine - An article describing Ada Lovelace's explanation of the Analytical Engine, and how it was to be programmed.
Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, Analyst, Metaphysician, and Founder of Scientific Computing - A concise biography and assessment of her achievements and writings.
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace: 1815-1852 - Offers a biography of the daughter of Lord Byron who became interested in Babbage's analytic engine and described how it could be programmed. Includes links.
The Babbage Engine - Ada Lovelace - A brief tribute to her involvement with the Analytical Engine, and her vision of machines capable of computation as well as just calculation.