Tiny BASIC

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BASIC dialect minimalist programming language programming language dialect

Tiny BASIC is a minimalist, early dialect of the BASIC programming language designed to run on microcomputers with extremely limited memory and resources.

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Surface form Occurrences
Atom BASIC 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf BASIC dialect ⓘ
minimalist programming language ⓘ
programming language dialect ⓘ
designedFor microcomputers ⓘ
resource-constrained environments ⓘ
systems with limited memory ⓘ
distributionModel published as source code ⓘ
shared in magazines ⓘ
executionModel interpreted from line-numbered source ⓘ
goal accessibility for beginners ⓘ
minimal memory usage ⓘ
portability across microcomputers ⓘ
simplicity of implementation ⓘ
hasFeature GOSUB and RETURN ⓘ
GOTO statement ⓘ
IF conditional statement ⓘ
INPUT statement ⓘ
integer arithmetic only ⓘ
interactive command-line interface ⓘ
line-numbered statements ⓘ
minimal keyword set ⓘ
simple PRINT statement ⓘ
very small interpreter size ⓘ
hasVariant 6800 Tiny BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
8080 Tiny BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
Li-Chen Wang's Tiny BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palo Alto Tiny BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Pittman's Tiny BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementationStyle interpreter ⓘ
inception 1975 ⓘ
mid-1970s ⓘ
influenced home computer BASICs ⓘ
later small BASIC interpreters ⓘ
inspiredBy Dartmouth BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
early microcomputer BASICs ⓘ
notablePublication Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia NERFINISHED ⓘ
omitsFeature advanced control structures like WHILE ⓘ
floating-point arithmetic ⓘ
string variables beyond simple handling ⓘ
paradigm imperative programming ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ
primaryUse educational programming ⓘ
hobbyist computing ⓘ
programmingLanguageFamily BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience hobbyists ⓘ
students ⓘ
targetHardware early 8-bit microcomputers ⓘ
homebrew microcomputer kits ⓘ
typicalDataTypes integers GENERATED ⓘ
typicalMemoryFootprint 2 KB to 4 KB GENERATED ⓘ

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Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code → influenced → Tiny BASIC ⓘ
Acorn Atom → primaryProgrammingLanguage → Tiny BASIC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atom BASIC