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

Here, I'll help bring you up to date on the history and state of computer languages in the 21st century and hopefully provide a better framework to understand the mindset of the computer geek.

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 ...

An expert in the history of computing explains how and why coding went from a mostly female job to a field with a major gender problem.

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 ...

Women dominated early computer programming, but they've been overlooked by history.

German civil engineer and early computer pioneer Konrad Zuse files for a patent on the automatic execution of calculations, a process that will become central to the Z-1, Germany’s first computer.

The more things change, the more they stay the same … If you want to know the truth, programming really hasn’t changed all that much since Ada Lovelace hacked out some code for Charles Babbage’s ...

What is Computer Programming? Computer programming is the process that professionals use to write code that instructs how a computer, application or software program performs. At its most basic, ...