# BASIC (glossary)

Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC)
is a third generation programming language originally developed at
Dartmouth College in the early sixties. COBOL and the various forms
of BASIC taken as a whole are the two most popular programming languages
of all time.

## See also

- [basic command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/basic-command/)
- [bformat command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/bformat-command/)
- [Command](https://d3codex.com/definitions/command/)
- [compile command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/compile-command/)
- [inputclear statement](https://d3codex.com/pickbasic-flashbasic/inputclear-statement/)

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Source: https://d3codex.com/definitions/basic-glossary/ - part of the D3Codex reference.