What does programming language actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

How do programming languages get created, and what goes into design decisions? This question was originally answered on Quora by Keno Fischer.

What is Computer Programming? Computer programming is the process that professionals use to write code that instructs how a computer, application or software program performs. At its most basic, ...

The idea that learning and using certain computer languages can influence how people solve problems resonates with the famous Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which holds that spoken languages differ in ...

The language that made that all possible. They called it the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code— BASIC. Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated.