An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that controls the operation and basic function of a computer. Examples of operating systems include Windows (7, 8, 10, etc.) , Mac (OS X, etc.), ...

A St. Louis-based tech nonprofit is training inmates in computer programming while they're still incarcerated to give them a shot at landing jobs in the tech industry and avoid returning to prison.

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of the ...