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BASIC
proper noun

(complang): A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964 on).

Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in .

Etymology: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

Basic
proper noun

(complang): A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964 on).

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

Etymology: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

basic
noun (plural: basics)

A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

Rice is a for many Asian villagers.

An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

Arithmetic is a for the study of mathematics.

Translations:

necessary, essential for life or some process.

Flour is a ingredient of bread.

elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

The Hotel Sparta's accommodation is purely .

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; antonym of acidic

Translations:

Italian: basico
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Etymology: base + -ic

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