The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

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

And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC. John Kemeny shows off his vanity license plate in 1967 Adrian N. Bouchard / Dartmouth College ...

Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

Programming them required deep mathematical knowledge to translate instructions into pages of numerical code on punched cards.

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone.

Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers.