It is often forgotten that one of the earliest computer programmers was a woman - Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron - who in the 1840s did much of the work that led to Charles Babbage's *Analytical Engine*, widely considered to be the first computer. Also Jacquard cards (basically computer punch cards) were in use on lace-making machines as early as 1834 . Gil
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