Multiple choice

Who is the world's first computer programmer?

  1. Blaise Pascal

  2. Agasta Ada

  3. Duglas Engalbart

  4. Time Berners Lee
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Explanation

Ada Lovelace (born Augusta Ada Byron) is widely recognized as the first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine in the 1840s. She wrote what is considered the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine. Blaise Pascal built a mechanical calculator, Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse, and Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web.

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