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she was not the first computer programmer, but much of the foundational logic she used in her algorithm for the analytical engine contain many programming concepts still used today. so really, she contributed to programming before programming, but was not a computer programmer
there's definitely a lot of romance held in her visionary prowess which inflates her real-life contributions: to be able to see a design for essentially a hunk of metal and a bunch of cards and know that its capability could go beyond mathematics and be used to create music, art and language - modern computing impresses people more
but she does deserve recognition, and what title do you give her otherwise that regular people would understand?