She also developed a vision of the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number - crunching , while many others , including Babbage himself , focused only on those capabilities .
Lovelace 's notes are important in the early history of computers .
Lovelace also developed a vision of the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number - crunching , while many others , including Babbage himself , focused only on those capabilities .
Lovelace 's notes are important in the early history of computers .