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GW-BASIC

dialect of the BASIC programming language
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GW-BASIC

Summary

GW-BASIC is a programming language[1]. GW-BASIC ranks in the top 8% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • GW-BASIC was influenced by IBM Advanced BASIC[3].
  • GW-BASIC's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • GW-BASIC's developer is recorded as Microsoft[5].
  • GW-BASIC's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[6].
  • January 1, 1983 marks the founding of GW-BASIC[7].
  • GW-BASIC's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC[8].
  • GW-BASIC's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[9].

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Designation and Status

GW-BASIC's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].

History and Context

January 1, 1983 marks the founding of GW-BASIC[7].

Why It Matters

GW-BASIC ranks in the top 8% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2] GW-BASIC has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] GW-BASIC is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

IBM Advanced BASIC Microsoft programming language

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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