BASIC

See also: basic, Basic, and bàsic

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪsɪk/
Audio (CA) (file)
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)

Any of a family of third-generation programming languages (c.1964 on).
Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.

Hyponyms

Translations

computer language

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

See also

Proper noun

BASIC

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

Proper noun

BASIC

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)

(computing) BASIC

Anagrams

basci, bisca

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