BASIC's creators used a similar computer four years later to develop the programming language. Credit: GE / Wikipedia A brochure for the GE 210 computer from 1964.

BASIC, a computer coding language designed by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtzas in 1963, was initially invented to more easily teach programming to undergraduates, reports ThoughtCo. “BASIC was ...

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 ...

Dr. Cheryl Frederick. Dr. Cheryl Frederick, executive director of STEM programs at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), said computer programming is a collaborative process, with a variety of ...

Either programming a computer was exceptionally hard and should be left to the experts, or it was something that should be democratized, as BASIC had already done. Not both.

ANSBACH, Germany (Dec. 22, 2014) -- On Dec. 11 at Ansbach Middle High School, students and teachers participated in the second annual "Hour of Code," a global event that engages millions of people ...

The Doctor and the Dalek is a video game that introduces children to basic computer programming skills without feeling like a boring lesson. News. Olivia Solon. 00:01, 20 Oct 2014.

Thomas E. Kurtz, a mathematician and inventor of the simplified computer programming language known as BASIC, which allowed students to operate early computers and eventually propelled generations ...