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 ...

Participants in Gesher Human Services Computer Basics for Job Seekers will undergo 12 hours of classroom time learning basic computer skills.

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.

The class covers a basic understanding of Windows XP. · Computer Basics: 7 p.m. Jan. 15, 2009, is an introduction to the computer and includes hands-on practice and tips for using a mouse.

The programming language, developed five decades ago, didn't require code to be entered on punch cards. It also allowed computer novices to begin programming without a lot of academic training.

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

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.