What is a computer program? Computer programs consist of a set of commands that the computer must execute. The computer executes the commands as it reads the file (from top to bottom) until it reaches ...

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...

Can a computer think for itself? We can use computers and other digital devices to do lots of different things. We can send messages, go shopping, watch a video or play a game. Many of the machines ...

It’s widely accepted that the first computer program was written by Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, in 1842, although a device for which it was intended wasn’t built in her lifetime. But a reader asks ...

Computer hardware and software have evolved in such a way that they are vital components of diverse systems. Due to advances in data collection and analysis, along with ever increasing computational ...

Computer programs are now essential for the analysis of large population genetics data sets that are increasingly being generated. We review 24 such programs here, and list their main features, ...

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which connects to the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, on a sunny afternoon in June 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The ...