Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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",
        Betty Alexandra Toole (http://www.well.com/user/adatoole)}].
     
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        (1999-07-17)