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 ...

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 ...

New Hampshire has installed what appears to be the first historical highway marker honoring computer programming, according to the David Brooks at the Concord Monitor. The new sign honors BASIC ...

Petit Computer is a new application which brings the BASIC programming language to Nintendo's 3DS and DSi consoles. Petit Computer is a new application which brings the golden age of home ...

Computer science teacher Janet Cook said she believes Hour of Code is important because the initiative encourages students to learn a new technology skill. "This is the only time that many ...

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 ...

Thomas E. Kurtz, who translated the exhilarating power of computer science in the 1960s as the coinventor of BASIC, a programming language that replaced inscrutable numbers and glyphs with ...