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.
- synonyms: BASIC
- Usually plural. ( a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)
- A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
- synonyms: rudiments
- Principles from which other truths can be derived.
- usage: "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics"
- synonyms: fundamentals, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock
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