In 1843, a 27-year-old Ada Lovelace wrote the first-ever computer program; her work still inspires modern technology centuries later

Ada Lovelace, the pioneering mathematician of the 19th century, dreamed of machines that could do more than calculate. She ...
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Over 100 years before the first computer, Ada Lovelace wrote the first program in 1842

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of British poet Lord Byron, is known as the first computer programmer.
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Tales from the crypt: Our first computers

Quick — what was the first personal computer you ever owned? You don’t have to think about it for even a second, do you? No matter how many machines you’ve had over the years, you always remember your ...
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55 years ago, the ‘Mother of All Demos’ foresaw modern computing

On Dec. 9, 1968, Oregon-born engineer and inventor Douglas Engelbart hosted a computer demonstration so groundbreaking it is known today as the “Mother of All Demos.” In this screen grab from the 1968 ...