Ada Lovelace = 阿達 愛蕾絲 = 爱达 · 勒芙蕾丝

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, was an English writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine; as such she is regarded as the world's first computer programmer.

She was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (with Anne Isabella Milbanke), but had no relationship with her father, who died when she was nine. As a young adult she took an interest in mathematics, and in particular Babbage's work on the analytical engine. Between 1842 and 1843 she translated an article by Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea on the engine, which she supplemented with a set of notes of her own. These notes contain what is considered the first computer program—that is, an algorithm encoded for processing by a machine. Though Babbage's engine was never built, Lovelace's notes are important in the early history of computers. She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number-crunching while others, including Babbage himself, focused only on these capabilities.

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奥古斯塔 · 爱达 · 金，勒芙蕾丝伯爵夫人（Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace，1815年12月10日－1852年11月27日），原名奥古斯塔·爱达·拜伦（Augusta Ada Byron），通称爱达·勒芙蕾丝（Ada Lovelace），是著名英国诗人拜伦之女，最著名的事迹为翻译意大利人查尔斯·巴贝奇早期的程式设计书《分析机概论》（analytical engine），爱达对翻译查尔斯·巴贝奇的《分析机概论》所留下的笔记，被认为对现代电脑与软件工程造成了重大影响。