Although a computer can do multiple tasks at high rates of speed, the computer is only as smart, quick, and capable as the person who programmed it. Behind every well-running computer is a series of programs (instructions) that tell the computer what...

A programmer or software developer is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or...

There's evidence to suggest that many major change initiatives never achieve all their significant objectives. Such failures can seriously damage an organisation's health, warn Stephen Lee and Bob Snell, who offer their guide to optimising investment in strategic change. Most organisations are...

How much do programmers cost nowadays and where do you find them? As the year 2000 approaches, time-pressed banks are scurrying to find programmers that can get them out of their bind. "Some older systems and some older mainframes represent the guts...

When Microsoft Corp.'s worldwide student software programming competition began four years ago, many projects that emerged were "fun," according to Craig Mundie, the company's chief research and strategy officer.There was no shortage of smiles as Mundie and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visited Tuesday with some...

Explains the job of a computer programmer. Describes the development of a new computer program that will greatly increase the efficiency of a company. Uses normative ethical theory to justify the development of the program.