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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is considered as the world’s first Computer program programmer
A
Antoine Lavoisier
B
Charles Babbage
C
Ada Lovelace
D
Charles Cabbage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Her scientific work, which is outstanding – regardless of the person behind it. About a century before Konrad Zuse designed the first programmable computing machine, in the 1840s, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer programme in the world. From a modern perspective, her work is visionary.

Detailed explanation-2: -It turns out that long before the first computer was invented, Lovelace had come up with the idea for a computer language. Lovelace died on November 10, 1852, more than a hundred years before her notes were rediscovered. But because of her advanced way of thinking, she’s often considered the first computer programmer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ms. Lovelace’s program could not be executed, as it was written in the machine language of the Analytical Engine, a mechanical computer which was never built.

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