Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer
In short: Ada Lovelace was a visionary mathematician who wrote the first computer program and predicted that machines could process symbols and music.
A 1:20 short film in the series “Code Stories”.
Sources used in this film: Computer History Museum, “Ada Lovelace | Babbage Engine | Computer History Museum”; Britannica, “Ada Lovelace | Biography, Computer, Day, & Facts | Britannica”; Science Museum, “Charles Babbage’s Difference Engines and the Science Museum | Science Museum”; IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, “Lovelace & babbage and the creation of the 1843 'notes”; University of Oregon, “Notes”; Britannica, “Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer | Britannica”; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Who Predicted Artificial Intelligence”.
Sources used in this film
- Computer History Museum — Ada Lovelace | Babbage Engine | Computer History Museum · View →
- Britannica — Ada Lovelace | Biography, Computer, Day, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Science Museum — Charles Babbage’s Difference Engines and the Science Museum | Science Museum · View →
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing — Lovelace & babbage and the creation of the 1843 'notes · View →
- University of Oregon — Notes · View →
- Britannica — Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer | Britannica · View →
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Who Predicted Artificial Intelligence · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Computer History Museum: Ada Lovelace | Babbage Engine | Computer History Museum
- Also: Britannica: Ada Lovelace | Biography, Computer, Day, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Charles Babbage’s Difference Engines and the Science Museum | Science Museum
- Also: IEEE Annals of the History of Computing: Lovelace & babbage and the creation of the 1843 'notes
- Also: University of Oregon: Notes
- Also: Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer | Britannica
- Also: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Who Predicted Artificial Intelligence
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