Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who was the world's first computer programmer?

  1. Charles Babbage

  2. Ada Lovelace

  3. Bill gates

  4. Steve Jobs
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm intended for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine in the 1840s, making her the first computer programmer in history. Babbage designed the hardware but Lovelace wrote the software.

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