Today, we’re going to look at the history of programming Since Joseph Marie Jacquard’s textile loom in 1801, there has been a demonstrated need to give our machines instructions. In the last few ...

So we ended last episode with programming at the hardware level with things like plugboards and huge panels of switches, but what was really needed was a more versatile way to program computers - ...

Want to learn to program? These excellent free introductory courses from Codecademy and Coursera will have you coding in no time. So you want to learn to program, but you can’t leave the house. Fear ...

The Hill may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Few industries offer a long-term trajectory as promising as computer programming does, as new avenues ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Until this school year, Pawtucket Schools ...

A broad survey of the computer science discipline, focusing on the computer's role in representing, storing, manipulating, organizing and communicating information. Topics include hardware, software, ...

Yale and Harvard are stepping past their rivalry, and coming together to offer students interested in the computer sciences an “enjoyable, interesting, and exciting” opportunity in the form of a joint ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is offering a popular introductory computer science and programming course for free to high school students in Indiana. The online course, "Introduction to ...

Children change and develop quite a bit in their youth. But there are some personality traits that will likely stay constant throughout their lives. From confidence to a love of problem solving, these ...