Ada Lovelace's work in the 1840s on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, a mechanical general-purpose computer, is widely recognized as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. This makes her the first computer programmer, contributing theoretical frameworks that would become the bedrock of computing and, by extension, open-source software. Her visionary insights predicted the computer's ability to go beyond mere calculation, prefiguring the multifunctional machines of today.
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