COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is recognized as the first computer programmer?
A
Charles Babbage
B
Howard Aiken
C
Blaise Pascal
D
Ada Lovelace
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer. Even though she wrote about a computer, the Analytical Engine, that was never built, she realized that the computer could follow a series of simple instructions, a program, to perform a complex calculation.

Detailed explanation-2: -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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