Master the fundamentals. Challenge yourself or your students with this quick, fun GK quiz on computer basics, complete with answers and explanations.

Last week, I wrote an entry on my blog that began like this: "One of these days, I'm going to write a book called, 'The Basics.' It's going to be a compendium of the essential tech bits that you just ...

AVR microcontrollers can do pretty much anything nowadays. Blinking LEDs, handling sensor inputs, engine control modules, and now, thanks to [Dan], a small single chip BASIC computer with only ten ...

The programming language, developed five decades ago, didn't require code to be entered on punch cards. It also allowed computer novices to begin programming without a lot of academic training. NPR's ...