The difference is that the Boeing 777 computer gets thousands of data pieces through a multitude of sensors, and many decisions are made constantly and compounded manner.

At 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC interpreter was launched on a mainframe computer at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The BASIC programming language, developed by ...

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning.

Sphero’s launched a cute mini-car robot that teaches kids about the basics of computer programming.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated. The first generation mainframe computers were essentially programmed as they were assembled, like a jigsaw puzzle with ...

As I wrote two weeks ago before I got a vicious summer cold and couldn’t write for the last week, a computer consists of input sensor of whatever you want to measure, and comparator that ...