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Ada Lovelace: A 19th Century English mathematician and writer. She is often regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first computer programmer. She also developed a vision of the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating. "The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, (...) Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."

#DayofFacts In 1945 Jean Bartik was hired to compute ballistic (gun) firing tables for the US Army. That same year, a novel electronic device to compute firing tables automatically was completed at the University of Pennsylvania. Bartik was one of six human “computers” chosen to work on the new electronic device, called ENIAC. She and the team taught themselves ENIAC's operation and became its (and, arguably, the world's) first programmers. CHM inducted Jean Bartik into its Hall of Fellows in 2008. Discover her story: http://bit.ly/2l5jcg7.

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