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BASIC stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is simple programming language designed in 1963 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College. It was designed to be easy for programmers to learn.


Articles on KurzweilAI.net that refer to BASIC

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Notes and References By K. Eric Drexler
The Vasculoid Personal Appliance By Robert A. Freitas Jr.
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