Lovelace, recognized as the first computer programmer (3)

I believe the answer is:

ada

(Other definitions for ada that I've seen before include "Novel by Vladimir Nabokov" , "Computer language; girl's name" , "Programming language" , "- Lovelace, Byron's daughter & computer pioneer" , "Computer lang.; f. name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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