ADA LOVELACE: THE PROPHET OF COMPUTER AGE

Abstract

Ada Lovelace, mathematician and the first computer programmer (1815-1852) was born in London, England. She was the first and the foremost pioneer of computer programming in the 19th century. This paper focuses on her works regarding the translation and notes of the working of Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage. For a woman with limited resources and living in a society where women's education was actively discouraged, she was not only the pioneer of computer evolution but also a torch bearer of women in technical fields for the next centuries. Studies were conducted to find an alternative but the first computer program created by her and the notes providing the limits and the expectations of the analytical engine remain the foundation of modern computing till date.