Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer. She worked with Charles Babbage on the Analytical Engine and wrote the first algorithm meant for a machine.
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Alan Turing was a mathematician and computer scientist. He developed the Turing Machine and helped break the Enigma code during World War II.
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Grace Hopper developed the first compiler and played a key role in creating COBOL, one of the earliest high-level programming languages.
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