Multiple choice general knowledge

Who was the world's first computer programmer?

  1. Bill Gates

  2. Charles Babbage

  3. Ada Lovelace

  4. Steve Jobs
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Explanation

Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, collaborated with Charles Babbage on his Analytical Engine in the 1830s-1840s. She wrote what is considered the first algorithm intended for machine processing, specifically for computing Bernoulli numbers, earning recognition as history's first computer programmer.

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