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BASIC
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basic Basic bàsic
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈbeɪsɪk/
en en-ca-BASIC.ogg CA
en eɪsɪk 2
en basic
Etymology 1
Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out en basic (i.e. simplistic). First use appears c. 1964 in the BASIC Instruction Manual.
Alternative forms
en Basic
Proper noun
s
en programming language Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
en Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
Hyponyms
en BASICA BBC BASIC GW-BASIC Turbo Basic Visual Basic street BASIC
Translations
computer language
Bulgarian: bg бейсик
Esperanto: eo BASIC
Finnish: fi BASIC
Marathi: mr बेसिक f
Persian: fa بیسیک beysik
Polish: pl BASIC m
See also
en C C++ C plus plus COBOL Cobol FORTRAN Fortran
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en attributive en Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
en w:British American Security Information Council.
Further reading
BASIC countries
Anagrams
en abcis SABIC
en terms with optional capitalization
Italian
Etymology
it :bor en:BASIC
it en BASIC.
Noun
m #
it computing en BASIC
Anagrams
it abcis basci bisca