COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE
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Question
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____was the first computer programmer
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Ada Byron
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Bill gates
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Herman Hollerith
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Jimmy Brilliant
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer.
Detailed explanation-2: -She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and to have published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.
Detailed explanation-3: -The world’s first computer programmer In 1837, Babbage proposed an even more powerful machine: a general-purpose computer that he called the Analytical Engine. The machine would hold 1, 000 numbers, each with 40 decimal digits, and be able to perform basic arithmetic as well as square roots and comparisons.
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