She married John Coombs, a computer programmer, in 1955. He died in 2012. They had a daughter, Anne, who died in childhood, and adopted three children, Andrew, Paul and Gillian.

In 1955, she married John Coombs, himself briefly a computer programmer on the LEO team, who died in 2012. Together they had a daughter, Anne, who died aged six.

Stephen Wilhite, a computer programmer who invented the gif, the humble but versatile file format that became an internet mainstay, helping people share charts, photographs and viral animations ...

A computer programmer has admitted stabbing an Eritrean asylum seeker at a hotel used to house migrants. Callum Ulysses Parslow, 31, knifed Nahom Hagos, 25, in the lobby area of the Pear Tree Inn ...

Misleadingly dubbed “the first computer programmer,” Lovelace’s iconic reputation was confirmed in the late 1970s when the United States Defense Department immortalised her as ADA, a specialised ...

Many people imagine computer programmers as anti-social misfits sitting alone in dark cubicles staring at computers for hours on end. This antiquated and erroneous stereotype completely misses the ...

Computer programming is how the future is being built. With the tech industry advancing at record speeds these days, there’s always someone behind the scenes making it all work. That could be you.