'BASIC' definitions:
Definition of 'basic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities" [ant: incident, incidental]
adjective
Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern" [syn: basic, canonic, canonical]
adjective
Serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: basic, introductory]
adjective
Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
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
noun
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant [syn: basic, staple]
Definition of 'BASIC'
From: GCIDE
- higher programming language \higher programming language\ n. (Computers) A computer programming language with an instruction set allowing one instruction to code for several assembly language instructions.
- Note: The aggregation of several assembly-language instructions into one instruction allows much greater efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs are now written in some higher programming language, such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++, PROLOG, or JAVA. [PJC]
Definition of 'BASIC'
From: GCIDE
- BASIC \BASIC\ n.
- 1. (Computers) [Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Iruction C.] an artificial computer language with a relatively simplified instruction set.
- Note: Writing a program in BASIC or other higher computer languages is simpler than writing in assembly language. See also programming language, FORTRAN. [PJC]
Definition of 'Basic'
From: GCIDE
- Basic \Ba"sic\, a.
- 1. (Chem.) (a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. (b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt. (c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. [1913 Webster]
- Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'basic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ab ovo,
- aboriginal,
- acid,
- alkali,
- austere,
- bare,
- basal,
- basilar,
- bedrock,
- biochemical,
- bottom,
- capital,
- central,
- chaste,
- chemical,
- chemicobiological,
- chemicoengineering,
- chemicomineralogical,
- chemicophysical,
- chemurgic,
- chief,
- constituent,
- constitutive,
- copolymeric,
- copolymerous,
- crucial,
- dimeric,
- dimerous,
- electrochemical,
- element,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- essential,
- focal,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- generative,
- genetic,
- germinal,
- gut,
- heteromerous,
- homely,
- homespun,
- homogeneous,
- in embryo,
- in ovo,
- indispensable,
- indivisible,
- irreducible,
- isomerous,
- key,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- macrochemical,
- main,
- material,
- mere,
- metameric,
- monolithic,
- monomerous,
- nonacid,
- of a piece,
- of the essence,
- of vital importance,
- original,
- part and parcel,
- photochemical,
- physicochemical,
- phytochemical,
- plain,
- polymeric,
- pregnant,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primordial,
- principal,
- pristine,
- protogenic,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- radical,
- radiochemical,
- root,
- rudiment,
- rudimentary,
- seminal,
- severe,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- single,
- spare,
- stark,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- thermochemical,
- unadorned,
- uncluttered,
- underlying,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- uniform,
- vital
Acronyms for 'basic'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code