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On Ada Lovelace's 197th birthday Google doodles the evolution of computers

New Delhi: From the first program that Ada Lovelace created for the Analytical Engine to present day laptops and tablet PCs, Google has doodled the evolution of computers on the occasion of the world's first computer programmer's 197th birth anniversary. The doodle shows Ada Lovelace writing the pioneering computer program with a quill pen seated on a desk and the paper scroll she is writing her algorithm on twirls in the shape of the letters of the Google logo. Ada King, the countess of Lovelace, was born on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex, England and was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron, but as her parents separated soon after her birth and she did not get to know her father well. Video Photo Gallery The Google doodle shows Ada Lovelace writing the pioneering computer programs with a quill pen. Her original name was Augusta Ada Byron and on her marriage to William King she became Ada King and later her husband