Early in BASIC's history, its creators, John Kemeny (left) and Thomas Kurtz (center) go over a program with a Dartmouth student Early in BASIC's history, its creators, John Kemeny (left) and Thomas ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. This week, President Barack Obama typed his first line of code as part of 'Hour of Code', an initiative designed to ...

Adapted from A People’s History of Computing in the United States by Joy Lisi Rankin. Out now from Harvard University Press. In the 1960s, Dartmouth College became ground zero for the coming explosion ...

Some level of computer literacy is required in just about every job on the market today. Although employers expect prospective hires to have a basic knowledge of standard office software programs and ...