BASIC

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high-level programming language procedural programming language programming language family

BASIC is a family of high-level, beginner-friendly programming languages originally designed to make computer programming more accessible to non-experts.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
BASIC canonical 25
BASICA 4
BASIC family 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-level programming language ⓘ
procedural programming language ⓘ
programming language family ⓘ
acronymFor Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code ⓘ
designedFor beginners in programming ⓘ
non-expert computer users ⓘ
fullName Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code ⓘ
goal make programming accessible to non-specialists ⓘ
support interactive time-sharing systems ⓘ
hasFeature FOR-NEXT loops ⓘ
GOTO statement ⓘ
IF-THEN control structure ⓘ
INPUT statement ⓘ
PRINT statement ⓘ
interactive interpreter ⓘ
line-numbered statements in early dialects ⓘ
simple syntax ⓘ
subroutines in later dialects ⓘ
influenced Microsoft BASIC ⓘ
surface form: AppleSoft BASIC

BASIC-256 ⓘ
BBC BASIC ⓘ
Microsoft BASIC ⓘ
surface form: Commodore BASIC

FreeBASIC ⓘ
GW-BASIC ⓘ
Liberty BASIC ⓘ
Microsoft BASIC ⓘ
PowerBASIC ⓘ
QuickBASIC ⓘ
surface form: QBASIC

QuickBASIC ⓘ
Small Basic ⓘ
BASIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: True BASIC

Turbo Basic ⓘ
Visual Basic ⓘ
influencedBy ALGOL ⓘ
Fortran ⓘ
Joss ⓘ
surface form: JOSS
intendedUse education ⓘ
general-purpose programming ⓘ
notableDialect Dartmouth BASIC ⓘ
GW-BASIC ⓘ
Microsoft BASIC ⓘ
QuickBASIC ⓘ
Visual Basic ⓘ
paradigm imperative programming ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ
typicalImplementation integrated into home computer ROMs ⓘ
interpreter ⓘ
usedIn educational settings ⓘ
home computers of the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
introductory programming courses ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ABC programming language → intendedToReplace → BASIC ⓘ
TI-BASIC → influencedBy → BASIC ⓘ
Visual Basic .NET → family → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: BASIC family
VBScript → inspiredBy → BASIC ⓘ
LotusScript → influencedBy → BASIC ⓘ
VBA → influencedBy → BASIC ⓘ
BASIC → influenced → BASIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: True BASIC
Fortran → influenced → BASIC ⓘ
Apple II → primaryProgrammingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Integer BASIC
HP BASIC environments → programmingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
VMS → supportsProgrammingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
RSX-11 → supportsProgrammingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
TOPS-10 → programmingLanguageSupport → BASIC ⓘ
PDP-8 → programmingLanguageSupport → BASIC ⓘ
TOPS-20 → programmingLanguageSupport → BASIC ⓘ
Visual Basic → influencedBy → BASIC ⓘ
Visual Basic → family → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: BASIC family
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code → abbreviation → BASIC ⓘ
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code → influenced → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: BASICA
Microsoft BASIC → programmingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
Microsoft BASIC → hasVersion → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: BASICA
GW-BASIC → programmingLanguageFamily → BASIC ⓘ
GW-BASIC → predecessor → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: BASICA
QuickBASIC → programmingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
QuickBASIC → predecessor → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: BASICA
BBC BASIC → influencedBy → BASIC ⓘ
Turbo Basic → programmingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
PowerBASIC → programmingLanguageFamily → BASIC ⓘ
Liberty BASIC → programmingLanguageFamily → BASIC ⓘ
Small Basic → inspiredBy → BASIC ⓘ
BASIC-256 → programmingLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
ALGOL → influenced → BASIC ⓘ
Dartmouth BASIC → languageFamily → BASIC ⓘ
ProDOS → supportsLanguage → BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Integer BASIC (via compatibility)