The first computer programmers included women, long before programming became a male-dominated industry.

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The first programmers were often women — from Ada Lovelace to the ENIAC operators — long before coding was seen as a male field. The story began the other way around.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

İlk bilgisayar programcıları arasında kadınlar da vardı; bu, programcılık erkek egemen bir sektör hâline gelmeden çok önceydi.

İlk programcılar çoğu zaman kadındı — Ada Lovelace'tan ENIAC işletmenlerine — kodlama erkek bir alan olarak görülmeden çok önce. Hikâye, tam tersi biçimde başladı.

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Background reading: Women in computingAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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