Before early computers became small, inexpensive, and "personal," they were difficult to use. At first, programming a computer involved literally connecting wires, then flipping switches, and even ...

The first intuitive programming language for quantum computers Date: June 15, 2020 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful ...

It’s widely accepted that the first computer program was written by Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, in 1842, although a device for which it was intended wasn’t built in her lifetime.

The Ferranti Mark I, delivered in early 1951, was the first commercially available general-purpose computer and became a fertile ground for early AI experiments. It was built around vacuum-tube ...

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of ...

Silq is, its creators claim, the world’s first high-level quantum computer programming language. Here's why it's so exciting for those working in the field.