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

Although these days we get to tap into many sources of entropy to give a pretty good illusion of randomness, home computers back in the 1980s weren’t so lucky. Despite this, their random numb… ...

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.

A simple random sample is a subset of a statistical population where each member of the population is equally likely to be chosen.

The algorithms that computers use for randomness are known as pseudo-random number generators.

A new approach to generating truly random numbers could lead to improved Internet security and better weather forecasts, according to researchers.