What you may not know about computer programming is that most historians recognize Ada Lovelace as the world’s first programmer. She wrote an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.

Programming languages, believe it or not, have existed for over 200 years, since the invention of the punch-card-programmable Jacquard loom (Opens in a new window).It wasn't a programming language ...

Learning to code was supposedly the salvation of millions of liberal art majors. But now programming jobs are plummeting. The Post’s Department of Data tries to figure out what’s going on.

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 ...

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of ...

When the first volume of "The Art of Computer Programming" came out in 1962, it was the first book to take a deep look into the math and science of programming.

Infographics are a staple of modern media. ... “Making enticingly accurate infographics requires more than a computer drafting program or cut-and-paste template,” Heller writes.

The team of scientists used a computer program called MorphoBank to generate about 2,500 anatomical characteristics, or “characters,” to describe the ancient animal.

In the world of Silicon Valley, there are few books held in higher esteem than "The Art of Computer Programming," a multivolume set by Stanford professor emeritus Donald Knuth. "If you think you ...