BASIC

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

John G. Kemeny & Thomas E. Kurtz, Dartmouth College. It was designed in 1963, and first ran on an IBM 704 on May 1, 1964.

A language for quick and easy programming by students and beginners. BASIC exists in many dialects, and is popular on microcomputers with sound and graphics support. Most of today's versions are interactive and interpreted, but the original Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.

ANSI Minimal BASIC

ANS X3.60-1978.