An Array is a data structure. It allows for a collection of related data. For example, we may have a collection of student grades. This array has 5 elements ...

Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the first program written in their newly developed BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) programming language on the college's ...

Nomen est omen: BASIC stands for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Even 60 years later, the programming language still lives up to this claim.

Gone were commands like “EBCDIC ARRAY E ... to begin programming and a delightful “READY” prompt that showed the computer was listening. BASIC was perfect for beginners.