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BASIC, n.2 Computing.|ˈbeɪsɪk|
Also Basic.
[Acronym of Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.]
A high-level programming language originally developed as a general-purpose language similar to English and easy to learn, and now widely used with personal computers.
Invented by J. G. Kemeny and T. E. Kurtz.
1964BASIC Instruction Man. (Dartmouth College Computation Center) 4 An instruction in BASIC consists of three parts, an instruction number, an operation, and an operand. Ibid., The last instruction in any BASIC program is ‘END’. 1967Kemeny & Kurtz BASIC Programming i. 3/1 It is possible to write a tremendous variety of simple programs with very few different types of BASIC statement. 1973C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. ii. 74 In practice, programs are written in one of a number of languages, such as FORTRAN, PL/1, ALGOL, BASIC, or COBOL. 1974W. W. Peterson Introd. Programming Languages i. 13 Although BASIC was designed for time-sharing use,..the language itself is also well-suited for conventional batch use. 1979Sci. Amer. Dec. 34/3 Basic is a simple-to-learn high-level computer language related to the Sanskrit of computer tongues, Fortran. 1984Which Micro? Dec. 1 (Advt.), There are different kinds of BASIC and, like languages, some are easier to understand than others. 1985Personal Computer World Feb. 150/1 You can return to Basic by entering R. |