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Ada Lovelace the first pioneer to realise the true versatility of computers
Ada Lovelace is famous for being the world's first programmer. Hannah Fry explains that Ada's real claim to fame was that she was the first pioneer to realise the true versatility of computers. Because they could manipulate symbols they could manipulate anything, pictures, words, even music.
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