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Ada Lovelace was born as Ada Byron and she w

as the only
child of the famous poet, Lord George G
ordon B
yron
Adas mother separated from
Lord B
yron only
weeks after their child w
as born.
A
fe
w
m
o
n
th
s later, Lord B
yro
n

le
ft E
n
g
la
n
d and Ada neve
r
s
a
w
h
im
again. He die
d
w
h
en Ada was 8

years old.
Ada had an unusual up
b
rin
g
in
g
fo
r an aristocratic
girl in the mid 1800
s. A
t h
e
r m
other insistence,
tutors tough
t h
e
r m
a
th
ematics and
science. S
u
c
h
ch
allenging sub-
jects w
e
re
not standard
fa
re
for women
at the time.
In
1835, Adda married William King, 10 years
her senior. When King inherite
d

noble title in 1838, they beca
m
e
Earl and Countess of Love
la
c
e
.
Ada Lovelace
T
h
e

A
n
a
l
y
t
i
c
a
l

E
n
g
i
n
e
Punched cards to input data
The internal memory (the
Store) could store 1000
numbers of 40 digits each
Arithmetical unit (the Mill) able to
perform all 4 operations, plus
comparison and square roots
Hardcopy printout as output
Steam-driven, run by one attendant
turning cranks, moving cams and
rods, and spinning gearwheels
The Reader -- to input instructions, as
well as a way to record, on paper,
results generated by the machine
Around the age of 17, Ada met
Charles Babbage, a mathematician
and inventor. Ada was fascinated by
Babbages ideas. Known as the fa-
ther of the computer, he invented the
difference engine, which was meant
to perform mathematical calculations.
Babbage also created plans for an-
other device known as the analyti-
cal engine, designed to handle more
complex calculations.
Ada was later asked to translate an
article on Babbages analytical engine
that had been written by Italian engi-
neer Luigi Federico Menabrea for a
Swiss journal. She not only translated
the original French text in English, but
also added her own thoughts and ide-
as on the machine. Her notes ended
up being three times longer than the
original article.
She theorized a method for the en-
gine to repeat a series of instructions,
a process known as looping that
computer programs use today.
1
computer chip
by
Jack Kilby &
Robert Noyce
1
computer with
mouse and GUI
by
Douglas Engelbart
1
Dynamic Acces
Memory
by
INTEL
1
personal
computer
ACORN
by
IBM
Windows
is released by
Microsoft
&
the 1
.com
domain is
registered
1
smartphone
iPhone
is
released
by
Apple
iPod features
phone service
internet
iPhone
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t
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n
Work and Legacy
1815 - 1852
1890
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1958
1964 1970
1976
1981
1985
2007
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computer language
(COBOL)
by
Grace Hopper
st
st st
st
Steve Jobs &
Steve Wozniak
start
Apple Computers
st
st
st
1
punched
card
by
Herman
Hollerith
st
the first
computer
programmer

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