ALSO CALLED: Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code and Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code DEFINITION:
BASIC was an early programming language that is still among the simplest and most popular of programming languages. BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." Originally designed as an interactive mainframe Definition continues below.
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BASIC DEFINITION (continued): timesharing language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963, it became widely used on personal computers everywhere. On IBM's first "family" computer, the PCJr, a BASIC cartridge was a popular add-on. Because of its simplicity, BASIC has frequently been used in teaching the introductory concepts of programming with a working language.
BASIC continues to be widely used because it can be learned quickly, its statements are easy to read by other programmers, and support is available on most BASIC definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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