noun
- A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use.
- Usually plural. ( a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)
- synonyms: staple
adjective
- Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
- usage: "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
- Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality.
- usage: "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
- Serving as a base or starting point.
- usage: "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"
- synonyms: introductory
- Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base. .
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