ada king countess of lovelace

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Definition of ada king countess of lovelace in English English dictionary

orig. Lady Augusta Ada Byron born Dec. 10, 1815, London, Eng. died Nov. 29, 1852, London English mathematician. Her father was the poet Lord Byron. In 1835 she married William King, 8th Baron King; when he was created an earl in 1838, she became a countess. She became interested in Charles Babbage's analytical machines as early as 1833, and in 1843 she translated and annotated an article about them by Luigi Federico Menabrea. For creating a program for Babbage's prototype of a digital computer, she has been called the first computer programmer. The programming language Ada is named for her

Hyphenation

A·da King coun·tess of Love·lace

Turkish pronunciation

eydı kîng kauntıs ıv lʌvleys

Pronunciation

/ˈādə ˈkəɴɢ ˈkountəs əv ˈləvˌlās/ /ˈeɪdə ˈkɪŋ ˈkaʊntəs əv ˈlʌvˌleɪs/