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The First Programmer
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Ada Lovelace wrote punched-card sequencing instructions for Babbage's Analytical Engine — programming a machine a century before electronic computers existed — and became the world's first computer programmer.
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Her cards told an engine of gears which calculation to perform, in what order.
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Programming is older than the electronic computer.
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