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'''BASIC toolkits''' (aka '''BASIC extensions''')—not to be confused with [[toolkit|widget toolkits]]—were a common type of program for 1980s 8-bit [[home computer]]s. Generally third-party extensions, they added additional features to a computer's built-in [[BASIC programming language|BASIC]] [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]].

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==Technical concept==

Toolkits ran as [[terminate and stay resident]] extensions to the BASIC interpreter supplied with the machine. At the time, such interpreters almost always came programmed into the [[read-only memory|ROM]] of the computer, making it impossible to modify or [[Patch (computing)|patch]] the [[computer code|code]]. It was also extremely rare for manufacturers to offer upgrades or bugfixes except as part of new models of machine.

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