COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
EARLY COMPUTING DEVICES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Who is considered the first programmer?
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Babbage
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Lovelace
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Leibniz
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Hollerith
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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: -The correct answer is Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace is considered the world’s first programmer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ada Lovelace is recognised as the quintessential ‘Enchantress of Numbers’, and was the woman who developed the first inchoate computer program over 200 years ago. Ada was born on December 10th 1815, the only legitimate child of Lord Byron and his wife (albeit briefly) Annabella Milbanke.
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