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BASIC

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BASIC

Summary

BASIC is a programming language[1]. BASIC has Wikipedia articles in 88 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • BASIC was influenced by Fortran[3].
  • BASIC was influenced by FORTRAN II[4].
  • BASIC was influenced by JOSS[5].
  • BASIC was influenced by ALGOL[6].
  • BASIC's instance of is recorded as programming language[7].
  • BASIC's instance of is recorded as non-structured programming language[8].
  • BASIC's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language[9].
  • BASIC's developer is recorded as Thomas E. Kurtz[10].
  • BASIC's developer is recorded as John George Kemeny[11].
  • BASIC's developer is recorded as Mary Kenneth Keller[12].
  • BASIC's designed by is recorded as John George Kemeny[13].
  • BASIC's Commons category is recorded as BASIC (programming language)[14].
  • 1964 marks the founding of BASIC[15].
  • BASIC's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BASIC programming language family[16].
  • BASIC's file extension is recorded as bas[17].
  • BASIC's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/basic[18].
  • BASIC's different from is recorded as Q12442667[19].
  • BASIC's programming paradigm is recorded as non-structured programming[20].
  • BASIC's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[21].
  • BASIC's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[22].
  • BASIC's programming paradigm is recorded as object-oriented programming[23].
  • BASIC's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include programming language[7], non-structured programming language[8], and imperative programming language[9].

Origins

1964 marks the founding of BASIC[15].

Movements and Schools

Acknowledged influences include Fortran[3], a programming language[25], founded in 1957[26]; FORTRAN II[4]; JOSS[5], a programming language[27], founded in 1963[28]; and ALGOL[6], a programming language[29], founded in 1959[30].

Why It Matters

BASIC has Wikipedia articles in 88 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Pioneering women in computer science. Retrieved . computinghistory.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/019p2
    Library of congress authority id → sh85012076
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 2780323391
    Different from → Q12442667
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