It is Ada Lovelace Day: 176 years ago, she became the world's first computer programmer by writing the algorithm for Charles Babbage's analytical engine. Her work symbolizes the very beginning of software engineering! | ASML

Amid the luxury of 1840s London, a woman of advanced education, Ada Lovelace, seized a unique opportunity for technological development. She collaborated with inventor Charles Babbage on his Analytical Engine, a stunning innovation meant to be a massive enterprise of brass and iron, powered by steam. While working on the project, Lovelace made a valuable discovery. She added notes containing the worlds first computer algorithm, a step by step process that created a new opportunity for business c