Ada Lovelace

    (1811-1852) The daughter of Lord Byron, who became
   the world's first programmer while cooperating with Charles
   Babbage on the design of his mechanical computing engines in
   the mid-1800s.

   The language Ada was named after her.

   ["Ada, Enchantress of Numbers Prophit of the Computer Age",
   Betty Alexandra Toole (http://well.com/user/adatoole)].

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   (1999-07-17)