BASIC

See also: basic, Basic, and bàsic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪsɪk/

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪk
• Homophone: basic

Etymology 1

Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out basic (i.e. simplistic).

Alternative forms

• Basic

Proper noun

BASIC (plural BASICs)

1. Any of a family of third-generation programming languages (c.1964 on).

   Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.

Hyponyms

• BASICA
• BBC BASIC
• GW-BASIC
• street BASIC
• Turbo Basic
• Visual Basic

 

Translations

computer language

• Bulgarian: бейсик (bejsik)
• Esperanto: BASIC
• Finnish: BASIC
• Marathi: बेसिक f (besik)
• Persian: بیسیک‎ (fa) (beysik)

See also

• C
• C++ / C plus plus
• COBOL, Cobol
• FORTRAN, Fortran

Etymology 2

Proper noun

BASIC

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

Etymology 3

Proper noun

BASIC

1. Initialism of British American Security Information Council.

Further reading

• BASIC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• BASIC countries on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• SABIC

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English BASIC.

Noun

BASIC m (invariable)

1. (computing) BASIC

Anagrams

• basci, bisca