In this excerpt from "The Computer Boys Take Over," historian Nathan Ensmenger explains that the first computer programmers were women because managers expected programming to be low-skill clerical ...

MathScript adds math-oriented, textual programming to LabVIEW, making it possible to reuse .m file scripts created using MATLAB and other software. Price for LabVIEW Student Edition starts at $59.

It’s fitting, then, that the first general-purpose electronic computer, ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was introduced to the world in 1946 on Valentine’s Day.

Starting in World War II, women formed the backbone of the early computer programming industry--until they were gradually edged out in the 1980s. A timeline.

Paul Curzon, Professor of Computer Science and Jane Waite, Teaching Fellow and Public Engagement, Outreach and Teacher CPD Co-ordinator at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, ...