Programming pioneer Lovelace (3)

I believe the answer is:

ada

'programming pioneer lovelace' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

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

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times and the Universal.

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