1. (Chemistry) Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base.
2. Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
3. Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; SYN. canonic, canonical.
4. Serving as a base or starting point; SYN. introductory.

Chemistry, applied to salt with base atomically greater than acid; having alkaline reaction.

(Usually plural) A necessary commodity for which demand is constant; SYN. staple.

Acronym for Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a high-level programming language developed in the mid-1960s by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College. It is widely considered one of the easiest programming languages to learn. See also True BASIC, Visual BASIC.
A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code); no longer in general use.
A high-level programming language designed at Dartmouth College as a learning tool. Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
Chemistry, applied to salt with base atomically greater than acid; having alkaline reaction.
(acronym for beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code) High-level computer-programming language, developed 1964, originally designed to take advantage of multiuser systems (which can be used by many people at the same time). The language is relatively easy to learn and is popular among microcomputer users.
Most versions make use of an interpreter, which translates BASIC into machine code and allows programs to be entered and run with no intermediate translation. Some more recent versions of BASIC allow a compiler to be used for this process.
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