First computer programmers were women; they figured it out without manuals. Dec. 4, 2007 — -- At 83, Betty Jean Jennings Bartik -- a devoted bridge player and grandmother of five -- had a secret ...

On a most basic level, a computer programmer writes, well, programs. Programmers will also rewrite, debug, maintain, and test (and retest) software and programs that instruct the computer to ...

Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the ship's computer became overloaded. Few were more nervous ...

Nov. 10 (UPI) --A 6-year-old boy in India set a Guinness World Record by receiving a certification that makes him the world's youngest computer programmer. Arham Om Talsania, 6, of Ahmedabad, passed ...

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