Can you think like a computer?

Ada Lovelace wrote one of the earliest algorithms designed for a machine. More importantly, she realized that computers could do more than calculate numbers — they could also work with things like music, text, or symbols.

Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated each year on the second Tuesday in October. It highlights the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This year, Ada Lovelace Day is on 13 October.

Visible role models can help challenge stereotypes and show that STEM careers are open to everyone. Representation also helps ensure that different perspectives and experiences are part of scientific and technical work.

Ada Lovelace believed they could. She suggested that machines like the Analytical Engine might one day work with more than numbers, as long as the information could be expressed according to clear rules.