Mary Clare Coombs, née Blood, born 4 February 1929, has died following complications arising after a Covid-19 infection. Coombs originally joined Lyons & Co in 1952 as a management trainee, following ...

In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. Too bad nobody has that title anymore. Born in 1815, Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician credited with first interpreting how to ...

Melissa Sarnowski has been a game writer for over two years. While she's willing to dig into any game for an article, she heavily focuses on The Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, and The ...

For computer programs and mobile applications, programmers must develop code. In order to keep things working properly, they are also involved in maintaining, debugging and troubleshooting software ...

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The woman credited with being the first computer programmer has scored her own Google Doodle. Augusta Ada King, the Countess of Lovelace - commonly known as Ada Lovelace - is known for her ...

Women have made significant contributions to the field of technology throughout history, but their achievements have often been overlooked or undervalued. By highlighting the accomplishments of women ...

Ada Lovelace, arguably the first computer programmer, was born 200 years ago today. She worked with Charles Babbage on one of the earliest computers in 1843. A portrait of Ada Lovelace by Margaret ...

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