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BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

CONTENT

  1. The Meaning of BASIC
  2. Rules for BASIC Programming
  3. BASIC Character Set
  4. Variables
  5. Key BASIC Statements

 

The Meaning of BASIC

BASIC stands for Beginner All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is not only simple but also a very powerful high level programming language. The original BASIC was designed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz in the mid 1960’s at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA. It consists of statements written in English words and mathematical notation. It is written in English-like and mathematical notations.

 

Rules for BASIC Programming

(i) All expressions must be written in capital letters.

(ii) First character must be alphabet

(iii) BASIC statement or keyword must start with a line number.

(iv) Each line must contain only one BASIC program statement.

(v) There must not be full stop at the end of a statement.

(vi) The start/begin statement must be the first entry in a program.

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