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BASIC

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See also: basic, Basic, and bàsic

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Proper noun

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BASIC (plural BASICs)

  1. Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
    Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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BASIC

  1. (attributive) Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

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BASIC

  1. Initialism of British American Security Information Council.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English BASIC.

Noun

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BASIC m (invariable)

  1. (computing) BASIC

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