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7 months ago    |   Tags: Ada Lovelace science computer programming women scientists Copiafeatures copiahistory Copia  

Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and today commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer. She worked on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. Her notes include the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine. 

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Zimmermann Telegram

Smithsonian Magazine article on the coded telegram cracked by British cryptologists and which propelled the United States into World War I.