FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ada Lovelace is associated with:
A
the mouse
B
slide rule
C
numerical calculating machine
D
analytical engine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1843 Babbage’s friend mathematician Ada Lovelace translated a French paper about the Analytical Engine and, in her own annotations, published how it could perform a sequence of calculations, the first computer program. The Analytical Engine, however, was never completed.

Detailed explanation-2: -In her “Notes, ” Lovelace explained how Babbage’s “analytical engine, ” if constructed, would be a programmable computer rather than merely a calculator. It would take input from punch cards and produce novel results by executing diverse step-by-step mechanical operations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed two classes of engine, Difference Engines, and Analytical Engines.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most wealthy women of the 1800s did not study math and science. Ada Lovelace excelled at them-and became what some say is the world’s first computer programmer. Born in England on December 10, 1815, Ada was the daughter of the famous poet Lord George Byron and his wife, Lady Anne Byron.

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