Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace was a nineteenth-century English mathematician, recognized as the first computer programmer.
She wrote what is considered the first algorithm intended for machine execution—notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.
Her work anticipated concepts that wouldn't be realized for another century.
Ada Lovelace Day celebrates women in science and technology.
Finite problem-solving procedure
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- punch cardsPerforated data entry medium
- Bernoulli numbersRational sequence in analysis
- loopCurve closing on itself
variable · subroutine · instruction · code · binary · calculation · computation · logic
Titled Romantic versifier
- Lord ByronRomantic period English poet
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- educationSystematic development of mind
Charles Babbage · marriage · illness · gambling · correspondence · letters · notes · death
Mechanical computer originator
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
steam-engine · penny-farthing · parasol · bustle · etiquette · gentleman · lady · Queen Victoria
Imaginative planner of futures
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
founder · originator · precursor · pathfinder · revolutionary · prophetic · foresight · imagination
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- punch cardsPerforated data entry medium
- Bernoulli numbersRational sequence in analysis
loop · variable · subroutine · instruction · code · binary · calculation · computation · logic · debugging
Byron
Titled Romantic versifier
- Lord ByronRomantic period English poet
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
education · Charles Babbage · marriage · illness · gambling · correspondence · letters · notes · death · legacy
Babbage
Mechanical computer originator
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
gaslight · steam-engine · penny-farthing · parasol · bustle · etiquette · gentleman · lady · Queen Victoria · Charles Dickens
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- forerunnerOne that comes before
groundbreaker · founder · originator · precursor · pathfinder · revolutionary · prophetic · foresight · imagination · creativity
Bernoulli numbers
Rational sequence in analysis
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- algebraMath using symbols
- equationMathematical equality assertion
proof · theorem · function · variable · integral · logic · analysis · notation · computation · formula
- historical womenCleopatra, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Marie Curie
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- Tech InnovatorsThomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Alan Turing
- Unsung Heroesvolunteer, caregiver, blood donor, organ donor, foster parent
- Computing HistoryENIAC, UNIVAC, mainframe, mainframes, punch card
- British InnovatorsJames Watt, George Stephenson, Michael Faraday, Thomas Telford, Charles Babbage