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ADA AUGUSTA BYRON www.ponude.biz
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Introduction I decided to write about Ada Augusta Byron, for she is a woman, in order to show you that not only men had great minds,but women too.
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Ada,Countess of Lovelace, mathematician and English society hostess She was born 1815 in London Mathematical tutoring from Augustus DeMorgan
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When she was 18, Ada heard lectures about Difference Engine ( Charles Babbage) 1 8 42 Luigi Menabrea published a paper and described function of Analytical Engine 1 8 43 Ada translated paper and added her own notes
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She understood Babbages machine better than Babbage himself He wrote the some complicated programs based on Adas comments
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The first computer programmer The mother of computing The mother of the modern computer Inventor of the first computer language Mathematicial genius The programming language ADA is named after her
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Conclusion Shes frequently portrayed as a sexual libertino a compulsive gambler and drug addict who despised her children Ada died from cancer 1852 at the age of 37
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