Who is the first lady programmer?
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The programming language ADA (developed in the 1970s) was named after Ada Lovelace, who did her work with Charles Babbage back in the first part of the 19th century. She was the first recognize the concept of programming, which took "computing machines" beyond specific mathematical tasks.