BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny See more

The emergence of BASIC took place as part of a wider movement toward time-sharing systems. First conceptualized during the late … See more

The introduction of the first microcomputers in the mid-1970s was the start of explosive growth for BASIC. It had the advantage that it was fairly well known to the young … See more

In 1991, Microsoft introduced Visual Basic, an evolutionary development of QuickBASIC. It included constructs from that language such as block-structured control statements, … See more

John G. Kemeny was the chairman of the Dartmouth College Mathematics Department. Based largely on his reputation as an … See more

BASIC, by its very nature of being small, was naturally suited to porting to the minicomputer market, which was emerging at the same time as the time-sharing services. … See more

When IBM was designing the IBM PC, they followed the paradigm of existing home computers in having a built-in BASIC interpreter. … See more