Once upon a time, knowing how to use a computer was virtually synonymous with knowing how to program one. And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC.

CRANFORD--The Cranford Public Library is once again offering Computer Basics for Beginners classes for senior citizens. Students from Cranford High School will teach senior citizens basic Internet ...

The language that made that all possible. They called it the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code— BASIC. Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated.

At 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC interpreter was launched on a mainframe computer at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

The Clark Public Library will offer a series of beginning and intermediate computer classes beginning in January. The Beginner’s Microsoft Word will take place each Monday from 2-3 p.m ...

STRATFORD — Due to popular demand, the Stratford Library Adult Services Department will continue its new series of computer classes for beginners from through September. The sessions are free ...

Women from all professions are invited to attend a daylong seminar on computers Saturday offered by the Harper College Women`s Program. ”Computer Literacy for Women” is a basic course designed ...

After BASIC, in the early 1970s, Niklaus Wirth developed Pascal, another language meant to solely be a tool to teach students computer programming concepts. “This language was not really developed to ...