BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. It was created at Dartmouth College so that students outside the sciences could access computing through a time-sharing system, and it went on to become the de facto standard language on early microcomputers and home computers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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First Released ParadigmOriginally unstructured; later dialects added procedural and object-oriented features. 1 SignificanceDesigned to give students outside the sciences access to computing at a time when programming required specialists, BASIC became the de facto standard language on early microcomputers and home computers through the 1970s and 1980s. 1 Connections
Associated With
Source Wikipedia: Altair 8800
In Field
Source Wikipedia: BASIC
Influenced
Source Wikidata: BBC BASIC
Source GW-BASIC (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: PureBasic
Influenced By
Invented By
Co-invented with Thomas Kurtz.
Source Wikidata: BASIC
Additional Source Wikipedia: John G. KemenyCareer section
Co-invented with John Kemeny.
Source Wikipedia: Thomas E. Kurtz
Sources
1. Wikipedia: BASIC
Wikimedia FoundationOrigin section
Our vision was that every student on campus should have access to a computer, and any faculty member should be able to use a computer in the classroom whenever appropriate.
Infobox: paradigm
Non-structured, later procedural, later object-oriented
Infobox: released
May 1, 1964
- Lead paragraph
- In Field: Software Engineering
In Group: BASIC Dialects, Lead
BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use.
View the Source Wikidata: BASIC
Wikidata Q42979, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)View the Source Wikipedia: Altair 8800
WikipediaAssociated With: Altair 8800, History section, on Microsoft's BASIC interpreterView the Source Wikipedia: John G. Kemeny
Wikimedia FoundationInvented By: John Kemeny, Career sectionView the Source Wikipedia: Thomas E. Kurtz
Wikimedia FoundationInvented By: Thomas Kurtz, Career sectionView the Source Wikidata: BBC BASIC
Wikidata: COMAL
Wikidata: PureBasic
GW-BASIC (Wikipedia)
Influenced: GW-BASIC, IntroductionQuote, Influenced: GW-BASIC, Introduction
GW-BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft from IBM BASICA.
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