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has the highest rates:17%of its technical staff is female.It wasn't always this way.Decades ago,it was women who pioneeredcomputer programming.But too often,that's a part of history that evenpeople in the computing industry don't know.Last week,I look a trip lo the birthplace for today's computerrevolution,Stanford University,and randomly asked over a dozen students ifthey knew who was the first computer programmer.Only one student,ChengDaofan,got close."It's a woman,"she said,searching her mind for a name"It's not ncccssarily an clectronic computer.I think it's more like a mechaniccomputer.”She's probably thinking of Ada Lovelace,who was born in England onDecember 10,1815.Lovelace was Lord Byron's child,and her mother,LadyByron,did not want her to turn out to be like her father,a romantic poet.SoLady Byron used mathematics to keep her from becoming a poet.But Lovelace saw poetry in math.At 17,she met Charles Babbage,whoshowed her his plans for the Analytical Engine that he believed would beable to do complex mathematical calculations.He asked her to write abouthis work for a scientific journal.In the article,Lovelace expressed a visionfor the machine that went beyond calculations."A computer could do anything.Letters of the alphabet,musical notesand even the positions on a chess board could be represented by numbers,"wrote Lovelace.She even gave an example on how to load an instruction intothe machine.Babbage's machine was never built.But his designs and Lovelace'sarticle were read by people building the first computer a century later.In1979,a new computer language was named "Ada"in recognition of herpioneering work with Charles Babbage.24.What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?A.Women are not allowed to work as programmers.B.Women play a key role in computer programming.C.Most of the programmers in big companies are men.D.The environment in big companies is not friendly.25.What can we say about Lady Byron?A.She might be unhappy with her husband.B.She was skilled in cducating children.C.She was good at discovering her daughter's talents.D.She was wise to sce the potential of the computer so early26.What did Charles Babbage ask Ada Lovelace to do?A.Invent a program for his computer.B.Explain his Analytical Engine in a journal.C.Write a poem about his new invention.
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