High-Level Language
Computer languages are classified as low-level, intermediate, or high-level. A low-level or machine language is the most basic because it is the only type that a computer can inter...
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One of the most prestigious prizes in computing, the $100,000 Turing Award, went to a woman Wednesday for the first time in the award's 40-year history.Frances E. Allen, 75, was honored for her wor...
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John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82.Backus died S...
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High-Level Language
First woman honored with Turing Award
