Basic (Noun)
Meaning 1
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 2
A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The BASIC programming language was developed in the 1960s for teaching programming concepts to students.
- The original BASIC interpreter was designed to be simple and easy to use, with a minimalistic syntax.
- Although the language is no longer widely used, many older programmers still remember learning to code with BASIC.
- BASIC was an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, which reflected its purpose as a general-purpose language.
- In the 1980s, the popularity of BASIC began to decline as more powerful languages like C and Pascal gained widespread use.