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===BASIC variants===

'''[[BASIC]]''' (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was invented in the year 1964, to provide computer access to non-science students. It became popular on [[minicomputer]]s during the 1960s and became a standard computing language for [[microcomputer]]s during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The goals of BASIC were focused on the need to learn to program easily and they are to:

* Be easy for beginners to use.

* Be interactive.

* Provide clear and friendly error messages.

* Respond quickly.

* Doesn'tNot require an understanding of computer hardware or operating systems.

What made BASIC attractive for education was the small size of programs that could illustrate a concept in a dozen lines. BASIC continues to be frequently self-taught with [[Tutorial|tutorials]] and implementations.