Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code— definition, example and pronunciation in USA and UK English
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Proper noun (thing)
BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
an all-purpose, high level programming language designed for use by beginners and non-technical computer users
The professor said that in the 1970s and 1980s students learned BASIC, but now the language has all but disappeared.