BASIC

Meaning of BASIC in English

/ ˈbeɪsɪk; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a simple language, using familiar English words, for writing computer programs

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WORD ORIGIN

1960s: acronym from Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BASIC — I in full Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Computer programming language developed by One of the simplest high-level languages, with …
Английский словарь Британика
BASIC — I. ˈbās]ik, ]ēk sometimes -āz]\ adjective Etymology: base (I) + -ic 1. : of, relating to, or forming the base …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASIC — /bay"sik/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient. 2. Chem. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BASIC — I. ˈbā-sik also -zik adjective Date: 1842 1. a. : of, relating to, or forming the base or essence : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BASIC — adj relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. 2. basic ·adj said of crystalline …
Webster English vocab
BASIC — [ba.sic] adj (1842) 1: of, relating to, or forming the base or essence: fundamental 2: constituting or serving as the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BASIC — basic, BASIC BrE AmE ˈbeɪs ɪk ▷ basic|s s ▶ ˌ Basic ˈ English BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BASIC — / ˈbeɪsɪk; NAmE / adjective 1. basic (to sth) forming the part of sth that is most necessary and from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BASIC — ba ‧ sic S2 W1 /ˈbeɪsɪk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ base , the basics, ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BASIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1 forming or serving as a base. 2 fundamental. 3 a simplest or lowest in level …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BASIC — adj. & n. adj. 1 forming or serving as a base. 2 fundamental. 3 a simplest or lowest in level …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BASIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1. forming or serving as a base. 2 fundamental. 3 a simplest or lowest in level …
Oxford English vocab
BASIC — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use basic to describe things, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BASIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a basic exercise (= simple ) ▪ He showed me some basic exercises for strengthening …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BASIC — [adjective] - providing the base or starting point from which something can develop; simple or without complicationI really need to …
Cambridge English vocab
BASIC — adj. acid and basic rocks basic Bessemer process basic oxygen process
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BASIC — INDEX: 1. more important or necessary than anything else 2. the feature or part of something that everything else depends …
Longman Activator English vocab
BASIC — < language > Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. A simple language oroginally designed for ease of programming by students and …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
BASIC — A programming language, originally designed for Dartmouth's experimental timesharing system in the early 1960s, which for many years was the …
Jargon File English vocabulary
BASIC — B eginner's A ll-purpose S ymbolic I nstruction C ode. A very popular programming language developed by John Kemeny and …
English Glossary of Internet and PC Terminology
BASIC — прил. 1) составляющий основу, сущность, фундаментальный; базисный, главный, основной basic principles ≈ основные принципы 2) хим. основный основной, главный, самый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BASIC — basic.ogg ʹbeısık a 1. основной, главный, самый существенный basic principles - основные принципы basic fact - основной /самый существенный/ факт …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BASIC — a 1. основной, главный, самый существенный basic principles - основные принципы basic fact - основной /самый существенный/ факт basic argument …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BASIC — _a. 1> основной - basic principles - basic industry - basic stock 2> _хим. основный _Syn: absolute, categorical, fundamental, ultimate, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BASIC — a. 1. основной - basic principles - basic industry - basic stock 2. хим. основный Syn: absolute, categorical, fundamental, ultimate, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BASIC — прил. 1) основной, главный 2) номинальный 3) табельный (о комплекте имущества) 4) первичный • - basic activity - basic agreement - basic allowance - basic amount - basic assumption - basic …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
BASIC — _a. 1> основной; basic principles основные принципы; basic industry а> основная отрасль промышленности; б> тяжёлая промышленность; basic stock _эк. основной …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BASIC — прил. 1) основной, главный, - basic commodities - basic fact - basic personality - basic research - basic wage 2) …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
BASIC — основной ; ~ basic assets ; ~ basic commodities ; ~ basic data ; ~ basic fee ; ~ basic …
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
BASIC — Бейсик процедурный ЯВУ. Разработан в 1964 г. Джоном Кемени и Томасом Курцем (John Kemeny & Thomas Kurtz) из Дартмутского колледжа (Dartmouth …
Англо-Русский толковый словарь терминов и сокращений по ВТ, Интернету и программированию
BASIC — прил. 1) составляющий основу, сущность, фундаментальный; базисный, главный, основной basic principles ≈ основные принципы 2) хим. основный основной, главный, самый …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BASIC — adj basic; also: [Chem.]
Interlingua English vocab
BASIC — basic, fundamental, elementari
English interlingue dictionary
BASIC — sukaranon
English-Visayan vocabulary
BASIC — noun Etymology: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Date: 1964 a simplified high-level language for programming a computer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BASIC — ˈbāsik, -zik noun ( -s ) Etymology: B eginner's A ll-purpose S ymbolic I nstruction C ode : a simplified …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASIC — (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
Английский словарь Webster
BASIC — (a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
Английский словарь Webster
BASIC — (a.) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or …
Английский словарь Webster
BASIC — (a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
Английский словарь Webster
BASIC — ( a. ) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BASIC — ( a. ) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BASIC — ( a. ) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BASIC — ( a. ) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BASIC — /bay"sik/ , n. Computers. a widely adopted programming language that uses English words, punctuation marks, and algebraic notation to facilitate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BASIC — adj. fundamental; of or pertaining to a base, containing a base (Chemistry)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BASIC — BASIC programming language, one of the simplest high-level programming languages (Computers)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BASIC — noun Etymology: B eginner's A ll-purpose S ymbolic I nstruction C ode Date: 1964 : a simplified high-level language for …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BASIC — adj. airman basic basic slag basic training
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BASIC — adj. Function: noun Date: 1926 1 : something that is basic : FUNDAMENTAL <get back to basic s > 2 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BASIC — adj. Pronunciation: ' b ā -sik also -zik Function: adjective Date: 1842 1 a : of, relating to, or forming …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BASIC — adj. Pronunciation: ' b ā -sik Function: noun Etymology: B eginner's A ll-purpose S ymbolic I nstruction C ode Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BASIC — ■ adjective 1》 forming an essential foundation; fundamental. 2》 consisting of the minimum required or offered: the food was good, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BASIC — ■ noun a simple high-level computer programming language, formerly widely used on microcomputers. Origin 1960s: acronym from Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BASIC — n. a computer programming language using familiar English words, designed for beginners and widely used on microcomputers. [Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BASIC — n. a computer programming language using familiar English words, designed for beginners and widely used on microcomputers. [ Beginner's All-purpose …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BASIC — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ to describe things, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BASIC — [noun] [U] - a common language for programming computers which uses instructions that are similar to EnglishBASIC is comparatively slow …
Cambridge English vocab
BASIC — adj. in full Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Computer programming language developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BASIC — Synonyms and related words : ab ovo, aboriginal, acid, alkali, austere, bare, basal, basilar, bedrock, biochemical, bottom, capital, central, chaste, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BASIC — adj. Function: noun Synonyms: ESSENTIAL 1, element, fundamental, part and parcel, rudiment
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BASIC — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: FUNDAMENTAL 1, basal, bottom, foundational, meat-and-potatoes, primary, radical, underlying Related Words: capital, chief, main, principal …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BASIC — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: fundamental 1, basal, bottom, foundational, meat-and-potatoes, primary, radical, underlying Related Word: capital, chief, main, principal 2. …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BASIC — adj.
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