John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz.

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Date
1964 ca.
Credit Line
Courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library
Copyright Owner
© Dartmouth College Library
Keywords
Programming; BASIC (Computer program language); Time-sharing computer systems.
Object ID
500004056

BASIC is one of the earliest programming languages designed for beginners. First used in the 1960s, it enjoyed a resurgence in the early personal computer era of the 1970s and 80s. Modern “dialects,” such as Visual Basic, are still used by professional programmers for some applications.