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Sun May 10 11:52:49 UTC 2009
"She is mainly known for having written a description of Charles
Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical
engine. She is today appreciated as the "first programmer" since she was
writing programsâthat is, manipulating symbols according to rulesâfor a
machine that Babbage had not yet built. 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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Si
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