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N.H. Historical Marker Honors Creation of BASIC Computer Language
The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resource has erected a new roadside official historical marker in Hanover that publicly acknowledges the Granite State as the birthplace of the BASIC computer language. Unlike the 256 others that already exist, this marker states that BASIC, the first user-friendly computer language and one of the tools that launched the PC revolution, was developed at Dartmouth in 1964.
It also acknowledges the development of the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System, which allowed the creation of a sort of pre-Internet that was the first connection to the online world for many New Englanders in the 1970s.
From The Concord Monitor
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