jan 5, 1842 - Ada Lovelace Wrote the First Computer Program

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Ada Lovelace studied about Babbage's analytic engine and wrote the world’s first machine algorithm for an early computing machine that existed only on paper.

1.Lovelace suggested the data input that would program the machine to calculate Bernoulli numbers, which is now considered the first computer program.

2. Lovelace was a visionary: she understood that numbers could be used to represent more than just quantities, and a machine that could manipulate numbers could be made to manipulate any data represented by numbers.

3. She predicted that machines like the Analytical Engine could be used to compose music, produce graphics, and be useful to science.

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