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BASIC en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbeɪsɪk/
  • (Canada) audio

Etymology

Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out basic (i.e. simplistic). First use appears c. 1964 in the BASIC Instruction Manual.

Meanings

  1. Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
    • Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.

Forms

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BASICs Number=Plur lexicographic
Basic alternative lexicographic

Hyponyms

BBC BASIC · Turbo Basic · BASICA · Visual Basic · street BASIC · GW-BASIC

Relateds

C++ · Cobol · Fortran · FORTRAN · C · COBOL · C plus plus

Translations (6)

pl BASIC (computer language) · bg бейсик (computer language) · mr बेसिक (computer language) · eo BASIC (computer language) · fi BASIC (computer language) · fa بیسیک (computer language)

BASIC en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbeɪsɪk/
  • (Canada) audio

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, initialism) Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
    alt of Brazil