The introduction of the first microcomputers in the mid-1970s was the start of explosive growth for BASIC.

* A BASIC version of Breakout called " Thro ' the wall " was included as part of the Horizons welcome and introduction package for the ZX Spectrum computer.

According to Chamberlain's introduction to the book, the program apparently ran on a CP / M machine ; it was written in " compiled BASIC on a Z80 micro with 64K of RAM.

Version 6 saw the introduction of separately compilable procedures with parameters ; this is the version from which most later BASIC dialects descend.

At the time of introduction, APL was generally available only on mainframe computers, and most desktop sized computers such as the Wang 2200 or HP 9830 offered only BASIC.

Most general purpose functional programming languages allow unrestricted recursion and are Turing complete, which makes the halting problem undecidable, can cause unsoundness of equational reasoning, and generally requires the introduction of inconsistency into the logic expressed by the language's type system.

The terms are very often used in programming examples, much like the Hello World program is commonly used as an introduction.

Edsger W. Dijkstra took the position that the use of a formal language is essential to prevent the introduction of meaningless constructs, and dismissed natural language programming as " foolish ".

The late 1970s and early 1980s saw the introduction of several new Simula-inspired object-oriented programming languages, including Smalltalk, Objective-C, and C ++.

* A Tour of Scheme in Gambit, introduction on how to do software development in Gambit Scheme for people with experiences in general programming languages.

In November 2001 Dahl and Nygaard were awarded the IEEE John von Neumann Medal by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers " For the introduction of the concepts underlying object-oriented programming through the design and implementation of SIMULA 67 ".

Turing is widely used in high schools in Ontario as an introduction to programming.

QuickBASIC continues to be used in some schools, usually as part of an introduction to programming, though it is fast becoming replaced by more popular compilers.

* NR employees Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygraard received the ACM Turing Award in 2001 and the 2002 IEEE John von Neumann Medal for the introduction of the concepts underlying object-oriented programming through the design and implementation of Simula 67.

* SIMULA: a language for programming and description of discrete event systems: introduction and user's manual.

* The introduction of PL / I resulting in COBOL and FORTRAN becoming the de facto standards for scientific and business programming

* The introduction of Algol-68 resulting in Pascal becoming the de facto standard for academic programming

* The introduction of the Ada language resulting in C becoming the de facto standard for DoD programming

An accessible introduction to dynamic programming in economics.

" An introduction to dynamic programming as an important tool in economic theory.

Although the first national colorcast ( the 1954 Tournament of Roses Parade ) occurred on January 1, 1954, it was not until the late 1960s that color sets started selling in large numbers, due in some part to the color transition of 1965 in which over half of all network prime-time programming would be broadcast in color that fall, and the introduction of GE's Porta-Color set in the Spring of 1966 which would bring the first all-color primetime season beginning that fall.

( With the later introduction of object-oriented programming the same word, " object ", refers to a particular instance of a class.

* Polymorphism in object-oriented programming for a gentler introduction in that context

Opposition led to the introduction of a ' quality threshold ' which allowed that, in exceptional circumstances, a bid could be rejected if it were deemed excessive, or that an incumbent could be chosen against a higher-bidding applicant, if it were felt that incumbent's programming was ' exceptional '.

* a course conventionally required of business students, in which the curriculum brings together several mathematical topics, including basic probability theory, an introduction to linear programming, some theory of matrices and determinants, and sometimes an abbreviated account of calculus.

In 2006, the Government announced the introduction of two new non-commercial digital television services operated by TVNZ, offering drama, arts, documentary and children's programming calledTVNZ 6 & TVNZ 7.

Color began to be introduced in the 1960s, and by the end of the decade, unique cable television programming began with the introduction of télévision communautaire, the community channel.

A shortage of the memory expansions coupled with a lack of software which ran within 2K meant that the system had little use for anything other than an introduction to programming.

< cite > Inverting back the inversion </ cite > is a paper that provides a good introduction to continuations applied to web programming.

* The DOS operating system was the primary operating system for the Apple Computer's Apple II family of computers, from 1979 with the introduction of the floppy disk drive, until 1983 with the introduction of ProDOS ; many people continued using it long after that date.

A year after its introduction this design was improved to include a full 16-bit parallel math unit using four 74181s, this design being referred to as the SuperNova.

* The syntax of natural language: An online introduction using the Trees program -- Beatrice Santorini & Anthony Kroch, University of Pennsylvania, 2007

According to the introduction of The Book of Five Rings, Musashi states that his first successful duel was at the age of thirteen, against a samurai named Arima Kihei who fought using the Kashima Shintō-ryū style, founded by Tsukahara Bokuden ( b. 1489, d. 1571 ).

The introduction of the integrated R10000 allowed SGI to produce a system, the Origin 2000, eventually scalable to 1024 CPUs using its NUMAlink cc-NUMA interconnect.

Anderson wrote Uncleftish Beholding, an introduction to atomic theory, using only Germanic-rooted words.

The introduction of the customs of using blessed water mixed with salt for the purification of Christian homes from evil influences, and of mixing water with the sacramental wine are attributed to Pope Alexander I.

A major break-through came with the introduction of what are now known as Ashtekar variables, which represent geometric gravity using mathematical analogues of electric and magnetic fields.

* Layman's introduction: A simple description of using SFG techniques in language and literacy tuition

* Exploring Emergence: An introduction to emergence using CA and Conway's Game of Life from the MIT Media Lab

The introduction to the modern battlefield of smaller, man-portable ATGMs with larger warheads has given infantry the ability to defeat light and medium tanks at great ranges, though main battle tanks using composite and reactive armors have proven to be resistant to smaller ATGMs.

With the introduction of the name " dalton ", there has been a gradual change towards using that name in preference to the name " unified atomic mass unit ":

Stevin declared that using decimals was so important that the universal introduction of decimal weights, measures and coinage was only a matter of time.

Lister was able to quickly reduce infection rates, a reduction that was further helped by his subsequent introduction of the techniques of Robert Koch ( such as the Steam Steriliser, which proved more successful than the carbolic acid spray that Lister had been using previously ) to sterilize equipment, have rigorous hand washing and a later implementation of rubber gloves.

; Plays: Started as plays enacted in town squares followed by the actors using the courtyards of taverns or inns ( referred to as Inn-yards ) followed by the first theatres ( great open air amphitheatres and then the introduction of indoor theatres called Playhouses.

Unit construction since its introduction has defined the development of the modern kitchen, with pre-manufactured modules using mass manufacturing techniques developed during World War II greatly bringing down the cost of a kitchen.

At the time of Verilog's introduction ( 1984 ), Verilog represented a tremendous productivity improvement for circuit designers who were already using graphical schematic capture software and specially written software programs to document and simulate electronic circuits.

The annual growth is expected to rebound to 7 % when the economy revives, boosted by broader applications, introduction of novel products and increasing awareness of using more environmentally friendly materials.

The introduction is typically played in marcato style, typically using forte dynamics to catch the attention of the listener.

Then there is the type of activity that uses the network to waste time, as indicated in SurfControl's advice on writing AUPs, of technical staff to troubleshoot a problem for which the user is the cause, corrupting or destroying other user's data, violating the privacy of others online, using the network in such a way that it denies the service to others, continuing to use software or other system for which the user has already been warned about using, and any other misuse of the network such as introduction of viruses.

Up until his introduction of the scraping technique, the same three plate method was employed using polishing techniques, giving less accurate results.

The song became also an opening track for the 2008-09 Taking Chances Tour, preceded by an introduction video using the remix of " I Drove All Night " as well.