Computer Training - Computer Programming by Michael Russell
If you're interested in taking up computers and want to be a computer programmer then what follows may be of some use to you if for no other reason than it will prepare you for what you can expect to find in a computer programming curriculum. An associate of mine was a computer programming... For those who want to go into simple programming of applications, that will be used to do mostly batch processing of jobs, a student may learn languages like COBOL or RPG, though these languages are not as much in demand today as they were in the 80s.

A Simple Computer Software Definition by Mohammed Amerullah Qureshi
What is Software? Software is a set of instruction written to interface between man and machine. Who writes this instructions? Programmers writes this instructions. How the programmers write the instructions /software? They use computer languages to write software applications. ... Where as: Cloth is Computer Language Tailor is Computer programmer Shirt/Paint is Computer application Example of languages are: C C++ Fortran Cobol Pascal Perl Assembly Language Machine Language Java APPLICATION: Software applications are user friendly and most of the time it is custom made for...

The Genesis of Computer Art-FORTRAN (Backus) a Computer Art Medium Creates a Mosaic Mona Lisa by Carl Chesal
Where did computer art, computer graphics and computer animation begin? Written communication became sharable and pervasive once stone etchings were replaced with the mobility of paper and ink. Similarly once computer languages advanced from machine or assembly code to third generation computer... It was a prevalent programming language in business before more structured and english-language-like programming languages came on the scene; namely, COBOL, PL1, RPG, BASIC. ... FORTRAN, BASIC and COBOL were the prevalent programming languages of the day (circa 1976).

Is Software Hard? by Tim Bryce
"Systems are logical, programming is physical." - Bryce's Law For something that is supposed to be "soft", software exhibits some pretty "hard" characteristics. The original premise behind the COBOL programming language was to devise a language that could be easily ported to several computers. ... They completed the system with a recommended programming solution they wrote themselves (no packages were used) which I believe was an IBM MVS solution using COBOL. ... The JAVA premise that a programmer should "write once, run everywhere" was the right idea and the language began to gain...

The History of Computers by Simon Goodman
The early computers The history of computer dates back a lot longer than the 1900s, in fact computers have been around for over 5000 years. In ancient time a "computer", (or "computor") was a person who performed numerical calculations under the direction of a mathematician. ... New high level programs soon arrived, FORTRAN (1956), ALGOL (1958), and COBOL (1959), Cambridge and the University of London cooperated in the development of CPL (Combined Programming Language, 1963). ... Martin Richards of Cambridge developed a subset of CPL called BCPL (Basic Computer Programming Language, 1967).

What is a Good Program Spec? by Tim Bryce
"Whenever you see a ratio of 1:4 analysts:programmers you will find systems analysis being performed at the wrong time and by the wrong person." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION Since the industry is preoccupied with producing software faster (and not necessarily better), let's stop and consider... Method of implementation - programming language(s) to be used, design techniques to be observed, tools to be used. ... They are excellent tools for most programming assignments, but they cannot do 100% of all of the programming for all applications.

Automatic Test Cases by Uzi Shuri
This article will present the dilemma of automating test cases and will bring the advantages (values) and disadvantages (obstacles) of implementing it, solutions for these obstacles are also presented. What is the goal you would like to achieve by automating the test cases? ... C++, Java or COBOL developers will not be able to perform this activity without training. ... Some of those tools have dedicated development language. ... The developer should know the business logic behind each test case in order to be able developing the correct script.

Report onthe Growth & Economic Impact of the IT Industry 1940-2010 by Annie McCormick
The U.S. Information Technology Industry 1940-2000 Summary All segments that comprise the information technology industry (computers, telecommunications, and software and services) have played a major role in the transformation of the U.S. economy. The computer was commercially introduced in the... Software, computer programming, emerged from punched cards and tape to FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC and fourth generation languages (4GL). ... Department of Commerce projections business-to-business e-commerce may exceed 500 billion in 2005.