Who is known as the first computer programmer?

Correct answer: Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm for Babbage’s Analytical Engine in the 1840s.

Background: She was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron.

• Charles Babbage: Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine.
• Alan Turing: Alan Turing developed the theory of computation.
• Grace Hopper: Grace Hopper developed one of the first compilers.

Did you know? The programming language Ada is named after her.

Memory trick: Ada = first programmer.