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calculations and print the results automatically. After working on the Difference Engine for ten years, Babbage was suddenly inspired to begin work on the first general-purpose computer, which he called the Analytical Engine. Babbage's assistant, Augusta Ada King, daughter of poet Lord Byron, was instrumental in
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Because the mathematician and computer scientist Ada Lovelace did her work at a time when mesmerism was popular, both mesmerism and the ideas that sparked its popularity had a significant influence on Lovelace’s conceptions of her role as a scientist and on the substance on her work as well. Women in Victorian England were often subject to the belief that they were incapable of true intellectual thought because of inherent differences between their bodies and minds and those of men. For instance
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Ada Lovelace, the Enchantress of Numbers, is known as a mathematician and the first female computer programmer. She was also an English writer, taking after her father, Lord George Gordon Byron, who was a famous poet. Ada Lovelace lived a short life, filled with unfortunate circumstances, but in that time she made advances in computer science that no one ever had before. Augusta Ada Byron, later known as Ada Lovelace, was born in London on December 10th, 1815 (biography.com). Her parents separated
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*) X and Y founded company Z in February 1982 in order to develop and sell the ‘PostScript page description language’. The company is named after a Creek in Los Altos, California, which ran behind the houses of both of the company's founders. Find X, Y and Z. Answer Z-> Adobe Systems Pvt Ltd X, Y -> John Warnock, Charles Geschke *) Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine? a. Pascal b. Hollerith c. Babbage d. Jacquard *) Which
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#include #include typedef struct Node { int data; struct Node *next; }node; void insert(node *pointer, int data) { /* Iterate through the list till we encounter the last node.*/ while(pointer->next!=NULL) { pointer = pointer -> next; } /* Allocate memory for the new node and put data in it.*/ pointer->next = (node *)malloc(sizeof(node)); pointer = pointer->next;
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that Ada and Inman have down pat. From the time that Ada lays eyes on Inman she is in love. Often times we hear people say “They are not really in love they are just lustful”. Lust means you think you are in “love” with somebody but you actually don’t love him or her whole heartily. Inman and Ada are main characters in the book and they truly fall in love with each other. The book jumps back and fourth between Ada and Inman telling the story. Ada’s dad was a minister who moved himself and Ada to
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Keith Williamson of Ada, Oklahoma, a former minor league baseball player who was wrongly convicted in 1988 for the rape and murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada and was sentenced to death. After serving 11 years on death row, he was exonerated by DNA evidence and other material introduced by the Innocence Project and was released in 1999. Contents * 1 Synopsis * 2 Book edition * 3 References * 4 External links | Synopsis Ron Williamson has returned to his hometown of Ada, Oklahoma after multiple
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The following six Indians have been awarded Nobel Prize in various fields, so far:- Rabindranath Tagore, India’s popular poet and writerwas awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his “Geetanjali” a collection of his poems * 1. Chandra Shekar Venkata Raman/Sir C.V.Raman, Indian Scientist was awarded Nobel Prize of Physics in 1930 for his “Raman Effect” related to light. * 2. Dr. Hargobind Khorana, India’s Doctorate in Chemistry was awarded
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Running Head: CULTURAL AWARENESS: SKATEBOARDING Cultural Awareness: Skateboarding in Ada County In APA Style Aaron Ortega Boise State University I have selected to write the essay on the ever-changing culture of skateboarding. I have chosen this culture because I have seen the way that skateboarding and skateboarders has been viewed and perceived by our society change time after time with the changing generations. I have not only
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