1964 BASIC Instruction Man. (Dartmouth College Computation Center) 4 An instruction in BASIC consists of three parts, an instruction number, an operation, and an operand.

1964 BASIC Instruction Man. (Dartmouth College Computation Center) 4 The last instruction in any BASIC program is ‘END’.

1967 Kemeny & 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.

1973 C. 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.

1974 W. 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.

1979 Sci. Amer. Dec. 34/3 Basic is a simple-to-learn high-level computer language related to the Sanskrit of computer tongues, Fortran.

1984 Which Micro? Dec. 1 (advt.) There are different kinds of BASIC and, like languages, some are easier to understand than others.

1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 150/1 You can return to Basic by entering R.

1884 Boston Daily Advertiser 15 Apr. 4/2 The heat of partisan politics.., and the somewhat unsettled conditions.., combine to make the present an unhappy time in which to calmly consider the underlying and basic law.

1887 Amer. Law Rev. Mar. 230 A large printed chart..of the Federal constitution..would keep the student mindful of this basic law, so constantly modifying the application of nearly all other laws in actual practice.

1938 Foreign Service (U.S.) Feb. 48/3 It is our job to instruct adult citizens as well as children and aliens in this basic law of our nation. The way to do this is to conduct community classes for the purpose of ‘boning’ on the Constitution.]

1949 Britannica Bk. of Year 301/1 On Sept. 1, the constitution-making body consisting of 65 representatives nominated by the Landtage of all three western zones started work in Bonn... Its proposals were to be named the basic law (Grundgesetz).

1989 Eng. Today Oct. 20/1 There is also the Basic Law, the mini-constitution [of Hong Kong] being drafted to come into effect in 1997.

1995 S. Levinson Responding to Imperfection viii. 170 For Germany, the Federal Republic's government and the voters of East Germany..decided to incorporate the East under Article 23 of the Basic Law, which provides for the admission of new länder.

1996 LSE Mag. Winter 4/2 The autonomy promised to Hong Kong..has been..confirmed by a kind of covenant with the local Chinese Hong Kong people in the shape of a Basic Law ratified by the National People's Congress.

2000 A. S. Sweet Governing with Judges ii. 59 The Basic Law [sc. of Germany] explicitly precludes amending provisions that establish rights (and federalism).

1915 Milford (Iowa) Mail 12 Aug. Sound basic military training coupled with general instruction provide a good education profitable in civil life.

1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 75/1 Basic military training includes drill, training in combat fundamentals and personal welfare, and instruction in military citizenship, etc.

1983 J. Keegan World Armies (ed. 2) 612/1 Soldiers enlisting in the non-commissioned ranks receive basic military training at the central depot of their units.

2010 Vanity Fair Mar. 140/1 Religion is command-sponsored and punishment-enforced in U.S.A.F. Basic Military Training..held at Lackland Air Force Base, in Texas.

1898 44th Ann. Rep. State Superintendent (State of N.Y. Dept. of Public Instruction) II. 1002 That general basic training that fits a boy to learn a trade.

1914 Middletown (N.Y.) Times-Press 29 June 4/4 Exercises in the different arms, including the engineer, signal and medical corps.., to furnish the basic training for all branches of the land service.

1948 Times 27 Mar. 8/2 Potential managers are subjected to a graduated series of basic training, proficiency, and promotable courses.

1978 Facts on File 10 Mar. 163 a1 The Army planned to cut its seven-week basic training program by..two days.

2003 Vanity Fair Dec. 171/1 Beth survived basic training and was placed in a dorm with the No.13 squadron.

1932 C. D. Darlington Rec. Adv. in Cytol. iii. 61 Since a zygote usually receives two similar sets of chromosomes from its two parental gametes, their number is conventionally referred to as 2n; where the chromosmomes pair regularly at meiosis they therefore form n pairs. Now in a particular individual these 2n chromosomes may consist of three sets or four sets of chromosomes relative to its own parents or ancestors. In the present work, therefore, the ‘basic number’ of this ancesteral set is distinguished by the sign x. Thus in Triticum vulgare 2n = 42 and x = 7.

1997 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 84 128 A literature survey was made of chromosome number counts for Rubus species. Numbers are presented for 387 species, representing about 40 percent of the total number, and including 11 of the 12 subgenera. The basic number is universally 7 and ploidy levels include 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x, 14x and questionably, 13x and 18x.

1970 E. N. Simons Dict. Ferrous Metals Basic oxygen-furnace-melted steel, steel melted by injection of oxygen into the furnace... The oxygen injection process has largely taken the place of the original open-hearth furnace.

1978 G. C. Hill & J. S. Holman Chem. in Context xix. 280 In the Basic Oxygen Process, no external heating is required since the reactions which take place inside the furnace are very exothermic.

1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) iv. 90 In 1952, the basic-oxygen process was developed, taking advantage of the availability of large quantities of pure oxygen.

1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. ii. 73 Basic oxygen steel (BOS).

1887 J. Popper in Rep. Consuls U.S. XXI. 295 In the case of tobacco..there are four rates of duty, levied in the following order: The original or basic rate, the 60 per cent additional [etc.].

1895 Rocky Mountain News 21 Feb. 8/3 In this insurance district Colorado pays the highest rate for insurance prevalent in any commonwealth, as the following statement, being the basic rate for mercantile buildings, will show.

1920 Railroad Telegrapher May 558 I was instructed..to present to the United States Railroad Administration..a wage proposition which contemplated the standardization of basic rates of pay.

1967 Economist 4 Nov. 490/1 Ending the welt would make possible higher basic rates of pay.

1980 M. Boddy Building Societies iv. 46 The composite rate [of tax paid by building societies] was set at 79.3 per cent of the basic rate (then 35 per cent).

1983 E. Ward & A. Silver Film Director's Team ii. 22 The golden time which goes into effect after these maximums of twelve and fourteen hours multiplies the basic rate by a factor of two and two-and-one-half, respectively.

1993 Oxf. Dict. Finance (at cited word) If legislation requires the payer of covenants, royalties, annuities, etc., to deduct tax at source it will be deducted at the basic rate.

1995 Which? June 8/4 Several cable companies were consistently 15 per cent cheaper than BT's basic rates.

2004 Guardian 3 Nov. i. 23/1 These schemes..tax income at the basic rate for earners who otherwise would pay 40% tax on savings.

1906 19th Ann. Rep. Agric. Exper. Station Layfayette, Indiana (Purdue Univ.) 13 If it were not for such basic research work the value of the Station work would soon cease to a very large extent.

1911 W. W. Smithers in A. de Salvio tr. C. Bernaldo de Quirós Mod. Theories of Criminality p. xviii He permitted it [sc. a second edition] only after..revision of certain parts which he deemed would contribute to its completeness as a practical guide to those bent on basic research.

1942 (title) Manual for training in basic research methods.

1994 Sci. Amer. Mar. 96/3 Increased government funding for research is necessary to restore order by redirecting lab efforts back toward basic research—the wellspring of all applied technologies.

2008 U. Frith Autism: Very Short Introd. iii. 46 Ideas about possible factors, not anchored in basic research, can waste an awful lot of time and energy.

1909 Education Mar. 408 A large degree of this basic [mechanical] skill is the heritage of some children... If, during youth, they enter mechanical work their progress will be rapid.

1911 School & Home Educ. Dec. 155/1 By basic skills is meant those fundamental skills, necessary to efficient or ethical living among one's fellows.

1977 P. Mittler Day Services for Mentally Handicapped Adults i. 5 There are certain basic skills that an individual must acquire to care for..himself and these include the ability to dress, wash, feed and toilet oneself.

1997 Source Oct. 34/2 The rising number of kids graduating without mastering basic skills like reading.

2002 Independent 22 May 17/2 Education beyond basic skills should be available as a matter of course [in prisons].

1932 M. R. Davie Probl. of City Life vii. 135 Each guest's sleeping room is equipped with a rug, chair, and locker, besides the bed. In addition to this basic accommodation, the guest has the use of large reading and writing rooms.

1953 Life 10 Aug. 74/3 It is important to buy panels that meet basic standards of quality.

1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers 7 Such equipment is already rising above the basic ‘domestic quality’ and entering into the hi-fi fringes.

1978 Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 11/1 The newcomers range from fairly basic family saloons to the exotic Mazda RX7 and BMW's M1 sports racer.

2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 135 Pastries and other sweets in the north can be pretty basic.