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  BASIC
       
           Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
          A simple language oroginally designed for ease of programming
          by students and beginners.
       
          BASIC exists in many dialects, and is popular on
          microcomputers with sound and graphics support.  Most micro
          versions are interactive and interpreted.
       
          BASIC has become the leading cause of brain-damage in
          proto-hackers.  This is another case (like Pascal) of the
          cascading lossage that happens when a language deliberately
          designed as an educational toy gets taken too seriously.  A
          novice can write short BASIC programs (on the order of 10-20
          lines) very easily; writing anything longer is (a) very
          painful, and (b) encourages bad habits that will make it
          harder to use more powerful languages well.  This wouldn't be
          so bad if historical accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on
          low-end micros.  As it is, it ruins thousands of potential
          wizards a year.
       
          Originally, all references to code, both GOTO and GOSUB
          (subroutine call) referred to the destination by its line
          number.  This allowed for very simple editing in the days
          before text editors were considered essential.  Just typing
          the line number deleted the line and to edit a line you just
          typed the new line with the same number.  Programs were
          typically numbered in steps of ten to allow for insertions.
          Later versions, such as BASIC V, allow GOTO-less
          structured programming with named procedures and
          functions, IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF constructs and WHILE loops
          etc.
       
          Early BASICs had no graphic operations except with graphic
          characters.  In the 1970s BASIC interpreters became standard
          features in mainframes and minicomputers.  Some versions
          included matrix operations as language primitives.
       
          A public domain interpreter for a mixture of DEC's
          MU-Basic and Microsoft Basic is here
          ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/Unix-c/languages/basic/basic.tar-z)" rel="nofollow">(ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/Unix-c/languages/basic/basic.tar-z).
          A yacc parser and interpreter were in the
          comp.sources.unix archives volume 2.
       
          See also ANSI Minimal BASIC, bournebasic, bwBASIC,
          ubasic, Visual Basic.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1995-03-15)
       
       

  BASIC \BASIC\ n.
     1. (Computers) [Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Iruction C.]
        an artificial computer language with a relatively
        simplified instruction set.
  
     Note: Writing a program in BASIC or other higher computer
           languages is simpler than writing in assembly language.
           See also programming language, FORTRAN.
           [PJC]

  Basic \Ba"sic\, a.
     1. (Chem.)
        (a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in
            a salt.
        (b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base
            atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding
            in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
        (c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which
            exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a
        relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide
        by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative
        or acid element or radical.
        [1913 Webster]

  higher programming language \higher programming language\ n.
     (Computers)
     a computer programming language with an instruction set
     allowing one instruction to code for several assembly
     language instructions.
  
     Note: The aggregation of several assembly-language
           instructions into one instruction allows much greater
           efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs
           are now written in some higher programming language,
           such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++, or
           JAVA.
           [PJC]

  BASIC /bay'-sic/ n. A programming language, originally designed for
     Dartmouth's experimental timesharing system in the early 1960s, which
     for many years was the leading cause of brain damage in proto-hackers.
     Edsger W. Dijkstra observed in "Selected Writings on Computing: A
     Personal Perspective" that "It is practically impossible to teach good
     programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as
     potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of
     regeneration." This is another case (like Pascal) of the cascading
     lossage that happens when a language deliberately designed as an
     educational toy gets taken too seriously. A novice can write short BASIC
     programs (on the order of 10-20 lines) very easily; writing anything
     longer (a) is very painful, and (b) encourages bad habits that will make
     it harder to use more powerful languages well. This wouldn't be so bad
     if historical accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on low-end micros in
     the 1980s. As it is, it probably ruined tens of thousands of potential
     wizards.
  
     [1995: Some languages called `BASIC' aren't quite this nasty any more,
     having acquired Pascal- and C-like procedures and control structures and
     shed their line numbers. --ESR]
  
     BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code".
     Earlier versions of this entry claiming this was a later backronym
     were incorrect.
  
  

  BASIC
       Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
       
       

  Basic \Ba"sic\, a.
     1. (Chem.)
        (a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in
            a salt.
        (b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base
            atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding
            in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
        (c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which
            exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
  
     2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a
        relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
  
     Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide
        by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative
        or acid element or radical.

  basic
       adj 1: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic
              fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in
              public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
              [ant: incidental]
       2: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
          without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a
          canonical syllable pattern" [syn: canonic, canonical]
       3: of primary importance; "basic truths" [syn: basal, primary]
       4: serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in
          Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of
          basic tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: introductory]
       5: of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
       n 1: a popular programming language that is relatively easy to
            learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic
            instruction code; no longer in general use
       2: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is
          constant [syn: staple]

  basic
     Αγγλικά a.
     βασικός

  basic
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) BASIC
     Occitan a.
     (l en basic)

  Basic
     n.
     A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964
  on).

  BASIC
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) (l en BASIC)

  basic
     a.
     necessary, essential for life or some process.
     n.
     1 A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
     2 An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of
  knowledge.
     3 (lb en military) basic training.

  Basic
     n.
     A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964
  on).

  BASIC
     alt.
     Any of a family of third-generation programming languages (c.1964
  on).
     n.
     Any of a family of third-generation programming languages (c.1964
  on).
     n.
     (lb en attributive) (initialism of en Brazil, South Africa, India and
  China)
     n.
     {initialism of|en|(w: British American Security Information
  Council)}

  basic
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) BASIC

  Basic
     n.
     A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964
  on).

  BASIC
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) (l en BASIC)

  basic
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) BASIC

  Basic
     n.
     A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964
  on).

  BASIC
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) (l en BASIC)

  basic
     Englanti a.
     1 perus-
     2 (yhteys kemia k=en) emäksinen

  basic
     Engelska a.
     1 grundläggande, fundamental, grund-, bas-
     2 (tagg kemi språk=en) basisk
     Engelska n.
     grund, grundläggande kunskap, basfakta; ''ofta i plural bestämd
  form''

  Basic /bˈɑziːk/ 
   [comp.] Basic 

  BASIC /ˈbɛɪ̯sɪk/ 
  BASIC, Basic
  eine einfache Programmiersprache

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  basies

  Basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  أساسيّ

  BASIC //ˈbeɪsɪk// 
  бейсик
  computer language

  basic //ˈbeɪsɪk// 
  1. алка́лен, осно́вен
  chemistry: of a base
  2. осно́вен, фундамента́лен
  elementary, simple, merely functional
  3. осно́вен
  necessary, essential for life or some process

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/ 
  základní

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/ 
   [chem] zásaditý

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  elementární

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/ 
   [chem] bazický

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/ 
  hlavní

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  zásadní

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/ 
  základ

  Basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  Basic  [comp.]

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  Grund…, Basis…
     Synonym: base
  
   see: basic pattern
  

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  basisch  [chem.]
     Synonym: alkaline
  

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  grundlegend, elementar 
        "a basic/rudimental knowledge of the language"  - grundlegende Sprachkenntnisse
        "a basic/rudimental branch of knowledge"  - ein elementares Wissensgebiet
     Synonym: rudimental
  

  BASIC //ˈbeɪsɪk// 
  BASIC
  computer language

  basic //ˈbeɪsɪk// 
  1. alkalinen, emäksinen
  chemistry: of a base
  2. alkeellinen, vaatimaton, yksinkertainen
  elementary, simple, merely functional
  3. olennainen, perus-, perustavanlaatuinen
  necessary, essential for life or some process

  basic //ˈbeɪsɪk// 
  1. perusta, perusteet, perustiedot
  elementary building block
  2. peruselintarvike, perustarvike
  necessary commodity

  basic /beisik/
  basique

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/ 
  1. बुनियादी
        "First you should have the basic knowledge of computer."

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/ 
  1. मूलतत्त्व
        "His basic problem is with the spoken language ."

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  basic, bazni, bitni, bitnim, elementaran, glavni, kardinalan, najosnovnije, osnova, osnove, osnovna, osnovne, osnovni, osnovnih, osnovno, programski jezik, temeljne, temeljni, temeljnih

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  alap

  basic //ˈbeɪsɪk// 
  1. 塩基性
  chemistry: of a base
  2. 基本的, 基礎
  elementary, simple, merely functional
  3. 基本的
  necessary, essential for life or some process

  basic /'beısık/
  pagrindinis

  basic /ˈbeɪsɪk/ 
   1.  podstawowy
   2.  zasadniczy (to - dla)
   3.  standardowy, prymitywny
   4.  basics (:basics)
   - podstawy

  basic /beisik/  
  1. linguagem de programção para iniciantes (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
  2. básico
  3. basal, basilar

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  1. fundamental
  2. de bază

  basic /beisik/
  bázico

  basic /bˈeɪsɪk/
  1. esas, temel, esas teşkil eden
  2. (kim) bazal
  3. (ask.) acemi basic English ingilizce oğretiminde kullamlan kelime bilgisi sınırlı basit ingilizce basic slag çelik imalatında elde edilen fosfatlı bir cins gübre. basically  temel olarak, esasmda.

  basic /bˈasɪts/
  basic

  basic 
  bàsic  

  
/ˈbɑːzik/

  
/ˈbeɪsɪk/

  
/bazik/

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "basic":
     ab ovo, aboriginal, acid, alkali, austere, bare, basal, basilar,
     bedrock, biochemical, bottom, capital, central, chaste, chemical,
     chemicobiological, chemicoengineering, chemicomineralogical,
     chemicophysical, chemurgic, chief, constituent, constitutive,
     copolymeric, copolymerous, crucial, dimeric, dimerous,
     electrochemical, element, elemental, elementary, embryonic,
     essential, focal, foundational, fundamental, generative, genetic,
     germinal, gut, heteromerous, homely, homespun, homogeneous,
     in embryo, in ovo, indispensable, indivisible, irreducible,
     isomerous, key, life-and-death, life-or-death, macrochemical, main,
     material, mere, metameric, monolithic, monomerous, nonacid,
     of a piece, of the essence, of vital importance, original,
     part and parcel, photochemical, physicochemical, phytochemical,
     plain, polymeric, pregnant, primal, primary, prime, primeval,
     primitive, primordial, principal, pristine, protogenic, pure,
     pure and simple, radical, radiochemical, root, rudiment,
     rudimentary, seminal, severe, simon-pure, simple, single, spare,
     stark, substantial, substantive, thermochemical, unadorned,
     uncluttered, underlying, undifferenced, undifferentiated, uniform,
     vital
  
  

  n. 培基语言;
  n. 基本,要素;
  a. 基本的,碱性的;

     n. 基本,要素,基础
     a. 基本的,碱性的
     n. 计算机基本高级语言