BASIC.
Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
Meaning & usage
Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
Where this word comes from
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.
Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
Initialism of British American Security Information Council.
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