This is an alphabetical list of BASIC dialects – interpreted and compiled variants of the

BASIC Basic or BASIC may refer to: Science and technology * BASIC, a computer programming language * Basic (chemistry), having the properties of a base * Basic access authentication, in HTTP Entertainment * Basic (film), ''Basic'' (film), a 2003 film ...

programming language A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their Syntax (programming languages), syntax (form) and semantics (computer science), semantics (meaning), usually def ...

. Each dialect's platform(s), i.e., the

computer A computer is a machine that can be Computer programming, programmed to automatically Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic set ...

models and

operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...

s, are given in parentheses along with any other significant information.

Dialects

0–9

; 1771-DB BASIC :

Allen-Bradley Allen-Bradley is the brand-name of a line of factory automation equipment owned by Rockwell Automation. The company, with revenues of approximately US $6.4 1,000,000,000 (number), billion in 2013, manufactures programmable logic controllers ( ...

PLC industrial controller BASIC module;

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...

BASIC-52 extended with PLC-specific calls. ; 64K BASIC : Cross-platform, interactive,

open-source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...

interpreter for microcomputer BASIC.

A

; ABasiC ''(

Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-b ...

)'' : Relatively limited. Initially provided with Amiga computers by

MetaComCo MetaComCo (MCC) was a computer systems software company started in 1981 and based in Bristol, England by Peter Mackeonis and Derek Budge. A division of Tenchstar, Ltd. MetaComCo's first product was an MBASIC compatible interpreter for IBM PCs, ...

. ;

ABC BASIC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting * Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...

: designed for the ''

ABC 80 The ABC 80 (Advanced BASIC Computer 80) is a home computer engineered by the Swedish corporation Dataindustrier AB (DIAB) and manufactured by Luxor in Motala, Sweden in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was introduced on the market in August 1 ...

'' and ''

ABC 800 The Luxor AB, Luxor ABC 800 series are office versions of the ABC 80 home computer. They featured an enhanced BASIC interpreter (computing), interpreter, and more memory: 32 kilobytes RAM and 32 KB ROM was now standard. The Zilog Z80, Z ...

'' line of computers designed by

Dataindustrier AB Dataindustrier AB (literal translation: computer industries shareholding company) or DIAB was a Sweden, Swedish computer engineering and manufacturing firm, founded in 1970 by Lars Karlsson and active in the 1970s through 1990s. The company's firs ...

and manufactured by Luxor AB (including ''ABC 802'', ''ABC 806'' etc.). ;

ACE An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or a club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the ...

''( AmigaAGK Script,)'' : A Compiler for Everyone –

Freeware Freeware is software, often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines ''freeware'' unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the free ...

, AmigaBASIC compatible, has extra features, some of which exploit the Amiga's hardware and operating system. ;AGK Script : The primary scripting language of the

AppGameKit The Game Creators Ltd (TGC; formerly Dark Basic Software Limited) is a British software house based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, which specialises in software for video game development, originally for the Microsoft Windows platform. ...

descended from

DarkBASIC The Game Creators Ltd (TGC; formerly Dark Basic Software Limited) is a British software house based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, which specialises in software for video game development, originally for the Microsoft Windows platform. ...

. ;Advan BASIC : For the Atari home computer, disk based, containing BASIC, compiler, screen design and utilities. Released to public domain July, 2006 ;

Advanced BASIC The IBM Personal Computer BASIC, commonly shortened to IBM BASIC, is a programming language first released by IBM with the IBM Personal Computer, IBM Personal Computer, Model 5150 (IBM PC) in 1981. IBM released four different versions of the Micr ...

: (a.k.a. BASIC Advanced, Advanced BASIC) (DOS on the PC) by Microsoft. Available in ROM on IBM PCs. Later disk based versions for IBM PC DOS. ; AllegroBASIC : Discontinued variant aimed at using the

Allegro Allegro may refer to: Common meanings * Allegro (music), a tempo marking that indicates to playing quickly and brightly (from Italian meaning ''cheerful'') * Allegro (ballet), brisk and lively movement Artistic works * L'Allegro (1645), a poem b ...

library. ;

AlphaBasic AlphaBASIC is a computer programming language created by Alpha Microsystems in 1976. The language was written by Alpha Microsystems employees Paul Edelstein, Dick Wilcox and Bob Courier.Altair BASIC Altair BASIC is a discontinued interpreter for the BASIC programming language that ran on the MITS Altair 8800 and subsequent S-100 bus computers. It was Microsoft's first product (as Micro-Soft), distributed by MITS under a contract. Altair B ...

: (a.k.a. ''MITS 4K BASIC'', ''MITS 8K BASIC'', ''Altair Disk Extended BASIC'') ''(

Altair 8800 The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer introduced in 1974 by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) based on the Intel 8080 CPU. It was the first commercially successful personal computer. Interest in the Altair 8800 grew quickly after i ...

, S-100)'' – Microsoft's first product ; Altair Disk Extended BASIC : See

Altair BASIC Altair BASIC is a discontinued interpreter for the BASIC programming language that ran on the MITS Altair 8800 and subsequent S-100 bus computers. It was Microsoft's first product (as Micro-Soft), distributed by MITS under a contract. Altair B ...

; Amiga BASIC ''(

)'' : Somewhat easier than ABasiC, see

MS BASIC for Macintosh MS BASIC for Macintosh was a dialect of Microsoft BASIC for Macintosh. It was one of the first Microsoft BASIC variants to have optional line numbering, predating QuickBASIC. It was provided in two versions, one with standard binary floating point ...

. ; AmiBlitz ''(

)'' : Open-source version of

Blitz BASIC Blitz BASIC is the programming language dialect of the first Blitz compilers, devised by New Zealand–based developer Mark Sibly. Being derived from BASIC, Blitz syntax was designed to be easy to pick up for beginners first learning to program. ...

. ;

AMOS BASIC AMOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Amiga computer. Following on from the successful STOS BASIC for the Atari ST, AMOS BASIC was written for the Amiga by François Lionet with Constantin Sotiropoulos and published by ...

''(

)'' : For the

, made for

game programming Game programming, a subset of game development, is the software development of video games. Game programming requires substantial skill in software engineering and computer programming in a given language, as well as specialization in one or ...

. A descendant of

STOS BASIC STOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Atari ST personal computer. It was designed for creating games, but the set of high-level graphics and sound commands it offers is suitable for developing multimedia software withou ...

on the

Atari ST Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's Atari 8-bit computers, 8-bit computers. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985, and was widely available i ...

. Later derivatives included ''AMOS Professional'' (a.k.a. ''AMOS Pro'') and '' Easy AMOS''. ;

ANSI The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organiz ...

: Standard for the programming language Minimal BASIC X3.60-1978, a 1978 standard for minimal features, and X3.113-1987, the full BASIC standard; rarely implemented fully. ; Apple BASIC (

Apple I The Apple Computer 1 (Apple-1), later known predominantly as the Apple I, is an 8-bit personal computer designed by Steve Wozniak and released by the Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976. The company was initially formed to ...

) : See:

Integer BASIC Integer BASIC is a BASIC interpreter written by Steve Wozniak for the Apple I and Apple II computers. Originally available on Cassette tape, cassette for the Apple I in 1976, then included in Read-only memory, ROM on the Apple II from its release ...

; Apple Business BASIC ''(

Apple III The Apple III (styled as apple ///) is a business-oriented personal computer produced by Apple Computer and released in 1980. Running the Apple SOS operating system, it was intended as the successor to the Apple II; however, it was largely cons ...

)'' : ;

Applesoft BASIC Applesoft BASIC is a dialect of Microsoft BASIC, developed by Marc McDonald and Ric Weiland, supplied with Apple II computers. It supersedes Integer BASIC and is the BASIC in Read-only memory, ROM in all Apple II series computers after the ori ...

''(

Apple II Apple II ("apple Roman numerals, two", stylized as Apple ][) is a series of microcomputers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1977 to 1993. The Apple II (original), original Apple II model, which gave the series its name, was designed ...

)'' : Based on the same

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...

code that

Commodore BASIC Commodore BASIC, also known as PET BASIC or CBM-BASIC, is the Dialect (computing), dialect of the BASIC programming language used in Commodore International's 8-bit home computer line, stretching from the Commodore PET, PET (1977) to the Commodore ...

was based on. Standard on the Apple II Plus/Apple II Europlus and all later models of the Apple II family. ; ARMbasic : BASIC compiler for ARM processors, ported to a number of popular ARM development PCBs. ;

APU BASIC APU or Apu may refer to: Film and television * ''The Apu Trilogy'', a series of three Indian films, directed by Satyajit Ray, with the fictional character Apu Roy, comprising: ** ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road'') (1955), the first ...

: version of SORD CBASIC for the M23 with arithmetic processor ; Aribas : interactive interpreter for big integer arithmetic and multi-precision floating point arithmetic with a Pascal/Modula-like syntax. It has several builtin functions for algorithmic number theory like gcd, Jacobi symbol, Rabin probabilistic prime test, factorization algorithms (Pollard rho, elliptic curve, continued fraction, quadratic sieve), etc. ;

ASIC An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC ) is an integrated circuit (IC) chip customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use, such as a chip designed to run in a digital voice recorder or a high-efficien ...

: ''(

DOS DOS (, ) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. The DOS family primarily consists of IBM PC DOS and a rebranded version, Microsoft's MS-DOS, both of which were introduced in 1981. Later compatible syste ...

on the PC)'' ; Assembler :PICAXE chip language ;

Atari 2600 Basic Programming ''BASIC Programming'' is an Atari Video Computer System (later called the Atari 2600) cartridge that teaches simple computer programming using a dialect of BASIC. Written by Warren Robinett and released by Atari, Inc. in 1979, this BASIC inte ...

: ''(

Atari 2600 The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridg ...

video game console)''
SuperCharger Disk BASIC
''(

video game console)'' : StarPath SuperCharger cartridge plus disk-based extensions. ;

Atari BASIC Atari BASIC is an interpreter for the BASIC programming language that shipped with Atari 8-bit computers. Unlike most American BASICs of the home computer era, Atari BASIC is not a derivative of Microsoft BASIC and differs in significant way ...

''(

Atari 8-bit The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 650 ...

)'' : The standard cartridge-based interpreter for the Atari 400/800 computers and successors. On later machines this was built into the ROM. ; Atari Microsoft BASIC ''(

)'' : ROM cartridge plus disk-based extensions. ;

AT&T AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the w ...

: interpreter and compiler for the

AT&T UNIX PC The AT&T UNIX PC is a Unix desktop computer originally developed by Convergent Technologies (later acquired by Unisys), and marketed by AT&T Information Systems in the mid- to late-1980s. The system was codenamed "Safari 4" and is also known as th ...

(3B1). ; AttoBasic : ROM-resident interpreter, executes from on-chip RAM ''(

Atmel AVR AVR is a family of microcontrollers developed since 1996 by Atmel, acquired by Microchip Technology in 2016. They are 8-bit RISC single-chip microcontrollers based on a modified Harvard architecture. AVR was one of the first microcontroller ...

)'' ; Atom BASIC ''(

Acorn Atom The Acorn Atom is a home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd from 1980 to 1982, when it was replaced by the BBC Micro. The BBC Micro began life as an upgrade to the Atom, originally known as the Proton. The Atom was a progression of the MOS T ...

)'' : ; AutoIt ''(

Microsoft Windows Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...

)'' : automates other programs, e.g. with simulated mouse clicks. Interpreted. GUI. Creates EXEs.

B

; B32 Business Basic : ''( Data General Eclipse MV,

Unix Unix (, ; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, a ...

)''
B4A, B4i, B4J, B4R, B4X
;(Suite of programs by Anywhere Software with IDE running on Microsoft Windows that compiles code for ANDROID , IOS , WINDOWS , MAC , LINUX , ARDUINO , RASPBERRY PI , ESP8266/ESP32) ;

BaCon Bacon is a type of Curing (food preservation), salt-cured pork made from various cuts of meat, cuts, typically the pork belly, belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central in ...

: ''(

BSD The Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as Berkeley Unix or BSD Unix, is a discontinued Unix operating system developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley, beginni ...

macOS macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. With ...

)'' – Basic to C converter implemented both in BaCon(for good performance) and shell script(for bootstrapping). ; BAIT : short for BASIC (Almost) InTerpreter was an experimental BASIC interpreter written in Atari (8-bit) BASIC for Compute! Magazine by Bill Wilkinson. ;

Bas Bas may refer to: People * Bas (name), a given name and a surname * Bas (rapper) (born 1987) Chemistry * Boron arsenide (BAs), a chemical compound * Barium sulfide (BaS), a chemical compound Other uses * ''bas'' (French for "low"), as in bas ...

: ''(

)'' – Interpreter for the classic BASIC dialect ; Bas7 : ''(

Linux Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...

)'' A BASIC interpreter, written in

Seed7 Seed7 is an extensible general-purpose programming language designed by Thomas Mertes. It is syntactically similar to Pascal and Ada. Along with many other features, it provides an extension mechanism. Daniel Zingaro"Modern Extensible Languag ...

, which is compatible to

GW-BASIC GW-BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft from IBM BASICA. Functionally identical to BASICA, its BASIC interpreter is a fully self-contained executable and does not need the Cassette BASIC ROM found in the ori ...

and other old BASIC dialects ;

Banna Basic Banna may refer to: *Banna (Battagram), a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Banna (Birdoswald), a Roman Birdoswald in Cumbria in England *Banna, Bangladesh, a town in Barisal, Bangladesh *Banna, Ilocos Norte, a municipality in the Philippines ...

: ''(

)'' – putatively under development by Leodescal Softwares; the first officially launched version is supposed to produce stand-alone executables ;

Microsoft BASCOM MBASIC is the Microsoft BASIC implementation of BASIC for the CP/M operating system. MBASIC is a descendant of the original Altair BASIC interpreters that were among Microsoft's first products. MBASIC was one of the two versions of BASIC bundled ...

: MBASIC-compatible BASIC compiler by Microsoft ; BASCOM-AVR, BASCOM-8051, BASCOM-LT : BASIC compilers by Mark Alberts for the 8051 and AVR chips, see also ; Basic+ : programming language for OpenInsight ; BASIC 2.0 : (see

) ; BASIC 7.0 : (see

) ; BASIC A+ : ''( Atari 8-bit )'' – An extended BASIC by

Optimized Systems Software Optimized Systems Software (OSS) was a company that produced disk operating systems, programming languages with integrated development environments, and applications primarily for Atari 8-bit computers. The founders of OSS previously developed A ...

;

BASIC Advanced The IBM Personal Computer BASIC, commonly shortened to IBM BASIC, is a programming language first released by IBM with the IBM Personal Computer, Model 5150 (IBM PC) in 1981. IBM released four different versions of the Microsoft BASIC interprete ...

: See ''

IBM BASICA The IBM Personal Computer BASIC, commonly shortened to IBM BASIC, is a programming language first released by IBM with the IBM Personal Computer, IBM Personal Computer, Model 5150 (IBM PC) in 1981. IBM released four different versions of the Micr ...

'' ; BASIC Programming : ( Atari CX-2620) – A simple version of BASIC for the Atari 2600 Video Computer System ; BASIC XE : ''(

)'' – An enhanced version of BASIC XL, by

; BASIC XL : ''(

)'' – Improved BASIC for the by

; Basic4GL : Fast interpreter meant for OpenGL graphical programming, especially games ; BASIC-11 : ''( DEC

PDP-11 The PDP–11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series. In total, around 600,000 PDP-11s of a ...

RSX-11 RSX-11 is a discontinued family of multi-user real-time operating systems for PDP-11 computers created by Digital Equipment Corporation. In widespread use through the late 1970s and early 1980s, RSX-11 was influential in the development of later ...

)'' ; Basic-256 : ''(

)'' – BASIC IDE with text and graphics output, written to introduce children to programming. Originally known as KidBASIC. ; BASIC-52 : BASIC for the Intel 8052 microcontroller chip ; BASIC-68K : structured BASIC for the SORD M68/M68MX computers running in CP/M-68K mode ; BASIC-E : (a.k.a. ''submarine BASIC'') ''(

CP/M CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for Intel 8080/Intel 8085, 85-based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Dig ...

)'' ; BASIC-II : structured BASIC for 8-bit SORD computers ; BASIC Plus 2 : ''(DEC

RSTS/E RSTS () is a multi-user time-sharing operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC, now part of Hewlett-Packard) for the PDP-11 series of 16-bit minicomputers. The first version of RSTS (RSTS-11, #Versions, Version 1) was implem ...

)'' ;

BASIC-PLUS BASIC-PLUS is an extended dialect of the BASIC programming language that was developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for use on its RSTS/E time-sharing operating system for the PDP-11 series of 16-bit minicomputers in the early 1970s thro ...

: ''(DEC

) '' ; BASIC/UX : HP BASIC for HP-UX, version of Rocky Mountain BASIC ; BASIC/WS : HP BASIC Workstation ; BASIC/Z : ''(CP/M, MDOS)'' ; BASIC09 : ''(

OS-9 OS-9 is a family of real-time, process-based, multitasking, multi-user operating systems, developed in the 1980s, originally by Microware Systems Corporation for the Motorola 6809 microprocessor. It was purchased by Radisys Corp in 2001, a ...

and OS-9 68K on

Motorola 6809 The Motorola 6809 ("''sixty-eight-oh-nine''") is an 8-bit microprocessor with some 16-bit features. It was designed by Motorola's Terry Ritter and Joel Boney and introduced in 1978. Although source compatible with the earlier Motorola 6800, the ...

and 68K

CPUs A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the primary Processor (computing), processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes Instruction (computing), instructions ...

, respectively)'' ; BASICA : (a.k.a. ''BASIC Advanced'', ''Advanced BASIC'') ''(

on the PC)'' by

. Available in

ROM Rom, or ROM may refer to: Biomechanics and medicine * Risk of mortality, a medical classification to estimate the likelihood of death for a patient * Rupture of membranes, a term used during pregnancy to describe a rupture of the amniotic sac * ...

IBM PC The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the List of IBM Personal Computer models, IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard. Released on ...

s. Later disk based versions for

IBM PC DOS IBM PC DOS (an acronym for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System),Formally known as "The IBM Personal Computer DOS" from versions 1.0 through 3.30, as reported in those versions' respective COMMAND.COM outputs also known as PC DOS or IBM ...

. ;

BASICODE BASICODE was a computer project intended to create a unified standard for the BASIC programming language. BASIC was available on many popular home computers, but there were countless variants that were mostly computer compatibility, incompatible w ...

: ''(Many 8-bit home computers, including

KC 85 The KC 85 ('KC' meaning "Kleincomputer", or "small computer") were models of microcomputers (KC 85/2, KC 85/3 and KC 85/4) built in East Germany by VEB Mikroelektronik "Wilhelm Pieck" Mühlhausen. The first model in the series, the HC 900, origi ...

)'' A subset common to many platform-specific BASICs, enabling interoperability. ; Basic For Qt : ''(

and

Windows Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...

)'' – Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented

Visual Basic Visual Basic is a name for a family of programming languages from Microsoft. It may refer to: * Visual Basic (.NET), the current version of Visual Basic launched in 2002 which runs on .NET * Visual Basic (classic), the original Visual Basic suppo ...

-like Basic variant. Based on Qt. (previously, KBASIC) ; BasiEgaXorz : ''(

Sega Genesis The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master Sys ...

)'' – for the

; batari BASIC : version primarily used for homebrew Atari 2600 development. ;

BBC BASIC BBC BASIC is an interpreted version of the BASIC programming language. It was developed by Acorn Computers Ltd when they were selected by the BBC to supply the computer for their BBC Literacy Project in 1981. It was originally supplied on ...

: Originally for the

Acorn The acorn is the nut (fruit), nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera ''Quercus'', ''Notholithocarpus'' and ''Lithocarpus'', in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains a seedling surrounded by two cotyledons (seedling leaves), en ...

BBC Micro The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. Launched in December 1981, it was showcased across severa ...

, but has since been ported to

RISC OS RISC OS () is an operating system designed to run on ARM architecture, ARM computers. Originally designed in 1987 by Acorn Computers of England, it was made for use in its new line of ARM-based Acorn Archimedes, Archimedes personal computers an ...

, Tiki 100, Cambridge Z88, Amstrad NC100,

ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. One of the most influential computers ever made and one of the all-time bestselling British computers, over five million units were sold. ...

and many others. A GPL clone of BBC BASIC named Brandy written in portable C is also available (

, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD,

AmigaOS AmigaOS is a family of proprietary native operating systems of the Amiga and AmigaOne personal computers. It was developed first by Commodore International and introduced with the launch of the first Amiga, the Amiga 1000, in 1985. Early versions ...

). Also a port made for the

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...

by Aztec Software, written by Julian Gardner. ; Bazic '86 : See '' Northstar BASIC'' ; BBx : ''(

)'' – Cross-platform program development language derived from

Business Basic Business Basic is a category of variants of the BASIC computer programming language which were specialized for business use on minicomputers in the 1970s and 1980s. To the underlying BASIC language, these dialects added record handling instructions ...

. ; BCX : small command line tool that inputs a BCX BASIC source code file and outputs a 'C' source code file which can be compiled with many C or C++ compilers. ;

BEOWULF ''Beowulf'' (; ) is an Old English poetry, Old English poem, an Epic poetry, epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 Alliterative verse, alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and List of translat ...

: ;

Beta BASIC Beta BASIC is a BASIC interpreter for the Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum microcomputer, written by Dr Andrew Wright in 1983 and sold by his one-man software house BetaSoft. BetaSoft also produced a regular newsletter/magazine, BetaNews. Originally ...

: BASIC toolkit that extended

Sinclair BASIC Sinclair BASIC is a dialect of the programming language BASIC used in the 8-bit home computers from Sinclair Research, Timex Sinclair and Amstrad. The Sinclair BASIC interpreter was written by Nine Tiles Networks Ltd. Designed to run in on ...

. ; BetterBASIC : BASIC implementation by Summit Software Technologies, first available in the early 1980s; later maintained by Michael Poremski. ; BI-280 : Business BASIC interpreter (

MP/M MP/M (Multi-Programming Monitor Control Program) is a discontinued multi-user version of the CP/M operating system, created by Digital Research developer Tom Rolander in 1979. It allowed multiple users to connect to a single computer, each u ...

) by Control C Corporation, Beaverton, Oregon. ;

Blitz3D Blitz BASIC is the programming language dialect of the first Blitz compilers, devised by New Zealand–based developer Mark Sibly. Being derived from BASIC, Blitz syntax was designed to be easy to pick up for beginners first learning to program. ...

: ''(

)'' Fast compiler made for 3D

, with

DirectX Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with "Direct" ...

7 support. ;

: ''(

)'' – Fast compiler meant for

. Windows version with

support. Discontinued, replaced by BlitzPlus. ; BlitzMax : ''(

)'' – Fast and compact object-oriented compiler meant for several tasks, most notably

Game programming Game programming, a subset of game development, is the software development of video games. Game programming requires substantial skill in software engineering and computer programming in a given language, as well as specialization in one or ...

with

OpenGL OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a Language-independent specification, cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D computer graphics, 2D and 3D computer graphics, 3D vector graphics. The API is typic ...

and

support (DirectX support is

only). ; BlitzPlus : ''(

)'' Fast compiler made for 2D game programming and WinAPI event based interpreted programming. Supports both

and

. ; Blunt Axe Basic : (a.k.a. ''BXBASM'') ''(Win32, Linux)'' Bxbasic is presented as a programming tutorial, to develop and construct a Console Mode Scripting Engine and Byte Code Compiler. ; Brandy : See ''BBC BASIC'' ; BS Basic :Used on the Bandai RX-78 computer ; Bsisith : Hebrew dialect. ; BT-Basic : Board Test Basic, used by HP (later

Agilent Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an American global company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, that provides instruments, software, services, and consumables for laboratories. Agilent was established in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packar ...

, then

Keysight Keysight Technologies, Inc. is an American company that manufactures electronics test and measurement equipment and software. The name is a blend of ''key'' and ''insight''. The company was formed as a spin-off of Agilent Technologies, which inhe ...

) to develop and run test programs in an in-circuit test environment ;

BURP Burping (also called belching and eructation) is the release of gas from the upper digestive tract (esophagus and stomach) of animals through the mouth. It is usually audible. In humans, burping can be caused by normal eating processes, or ...

: Basic Using

Reverse Polish Reverse Polish notation (RPN), also known as reverse Łukasiewicz notation, Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation in which operators ''follow'' their operands, in contrast to prefix or Polish notation ( ...

, used by the very early

PSI Comp 80 The PSI Comp 80 was a home computer sold by Powertran starting in 1979. It was sold in the form of a kit of parts for a cased single-board home computer system. The system was based on a Z80 microprocessor addressing a mixture of 8 KB of system ...

"scientific computer", as published in the British radio enthusiasts magazine

Wireless World ''Electronics World'' (''Wireless World'', founded in 1913, and in October 1983 renamed ''Electronics & Wireless World'') is a technical magazine published by Datateam Business Media Ltd that covers electronics and RF engineering and is aimed at ...

;

: name given collectively to BASIC variants which were specialized for business use on minicomputers in the 1970s. ; bwBASIC : See ''Bywater BASIC'' ; BWBASIC : " ByteWide BASIC", a stand-alone Z-80

bitwise In computer programming, a bitwise operation operates on a bit string, a bit array or a binary numeral (considered as a bit string) at the level of its individual bits. It is a fast and simple action, basic to the higher-level arithmetic operat ...

port of

Tiny BASIC Tiny BASIC is a family of dialects of the BASIC programming language that can fit into 4 or fewer KBs of memory. Tiny BASIC was designed by Dennis Allison and the People's Computer Company (PCC) in response to the open letter published by Bi ...

- co developed by Pro-Log Corporation and ByteWide Systems, Australia. Intended for control applications. ; BXBASM : See ''Blunt_Ane_Basic'' ; Bywater BASIC : (a.k.a. ''bwBASIC'') – an open-source interpreter for

and

POSIX The Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX; ) is a family of standards specified by the IEEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems. POSIX defines application programming interfaces (APIs), along with comm ...

. Bwbasic contains only a small portion of the ANSI BASIC commands. Its main advantage is that one can also use shell commands in programs, an unusual feature in any BASIC implementation. It could theoretically be used as the main shell on a DOS or POSIX system, with some advantages.

C

; CA-Realizer : dialect similar to VisualBasic by Computer Associates, last version 3.0, no longer under development/supported ; Caché Basic : One of the two scripting languages in the '' Caché''

Database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and a ...

; CARDBASIC : version of BASIC operated by cards available in Dartmouth when that language was created and described in the original manual ;

Casio BASIC Casio BASIC is a programming language used in the Casio calculators such as the Casio_ClassPad_300, ClassPad, Casio_graphic_calculators#fx-CG_Prizm_series, PRIZM Series, Casio 9860 series, fx-9860G Series, fx-5800P, Algebra FX and CFX graphing cal ...

: used in Casio calculators ;

Cassette BASIC The IBM Personal Computer BASIC, commonly shortened to IBM BASIC, is a programming language first released by IBM with the IBM Personal Computer, Model 5150 (IBM PC) in 1981. IBM released four different versions of the Microsoft BASIC interpre ...

: An interpreter on IBM and IBM-compatible PCs to which the machine will default if no operating system is detected. ; CBASIC ''(CP/M, DOS)'' : BASIC-E successor. ; CBASIC : standard interpreter for 8-bit SORD computers (M23, M68 in Z80 mode, etc.), a.k.a. APU BASIC when the arithmetic processor is installed ; cbasPad Pro : See '' HotPaw Basic'' ; CBM BASIC : See ''

'' ; CellularBASIC :

Java ME Java Platform, Micro Edition or Java ME is a computing platform for development and deployment of porting, portable code for embedded system, embedded and mobile devices (micro-controllers, sensors, gateways, mobile phones, personal digita ...

open-source on-phone mobile interpreter for Java-enabled handheld devices, mobiles, smartphones, and PDAs ; Chinese BASIC : Several Chinese-translated BASIC versions developed in the early 1980s. ;

Chipmunk Basic Chipmunk Basic is a freeware interpreter for the BASIC programming language maintained by Ron Nicholson. Chipmunk basic was originally developed for the Macintosh and has been ported to Linux and Microsoft Windows. The "windowed" Macintosh version ...

: ''(Apple

Macintosh Mac is a brand of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 1984. The name is short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), a reference to the McIntosh (apple), McIntosh apple. The current product lineup inclu ...

, CLI ports for Win32, Linux)'' – copyrighted freeware ; CGIbasic : small and fast interpreter for web-scripting. ; CipherLab Basic : tool to develop application programs for CipherLab 8 Series Mobile Computers using BASIC programming language ; CocoaBasic : ''(

)'' – Object-oriented dialect for using the Cocoa Framework ; CognosScript : ''(

IBM Corporation International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a publicly traded company ...

Cognos Cognos Incorporated was an Ottawa, Ontario-based company making business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software. Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over ...

)'' Similar to Visual Basic, used in Cognos business intelligence applications. ;

Color BASIC Color BASIC is the implementation of Microsoft BASIC that is included in the ROM of the Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computers manufactured between 1980 and 1991. BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a high level language ...

: ''(

Tandy Tandy may refer to: Companies * Tandy Corporation (1919–2000), a leather supply company which became the RadioShack Corporation in 2000 ** Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company, name used from 1919 to 1956 ** TRS-80 Color Computer, rebranded as Tandy C ...

RadioShack RadioShack (formerly written as Radio Shack) is an American electronics retailer that was established in 1921 as an amateur radio mail-order business. Its parent company was purchased by Tandy Corporation in 1962, which shifted its focus from ma ...

TRS-80 Color Computer The RadioShack TRS-80 Color Computer, later marketed as the Tandy Color Computer, is a series of home computers developed and sold by Tandy Corporation. Despite sharing a name with the earlier TRS-80, the Color Computer is a completely different ...

)'' ;

: (a.k.a. ''CBM BASIC'') ''(Various computers in CBM's line of 8-bit computers)'' – Integrated in the ROM of CBM 8-bit computers. Built on an early version of 6502

Microsoft BASIC Microsoft BASIC is the foundation software product of the Microsoft company and evolved into a line of BASIC interpreters and compiler(s) adapted for many different microcomputers. It first appeared in 1975 as Altair BASIC, which was the first v ...

. Several versions existed; the best-known was ''Commodore Basic V2'', as used in the

. ;

Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS VSI BASIC for OpenVMS is the latest name for a dialect of the BASIC programming language created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and now owned by VMS Software Incorporated (VSI). It was originally developed as BASIC-PLUS in the 1970s fo ...

: DEC BASIC, renamed after DEC was acquired by Compaq. Now named

VSI BASIC for OpenVMS VSI BASIC for OpenVMS is the latest name for a dialect of the BASIC programming language created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and now owned by VMS Software Incorporated (VSI). It was originally developed as BASIC-PLUS in the 1970s ...

. ; CoolBasic : ''(

)'' – A variant suited for

with

. :fi:Coolbasic ; CPX-Basic : ''(

)'' – An enhanced port of

running as a control panel inside Atari's XControl. ; Creative Basic : (Windows) ; Cubloc Basic : ''( Comfile Technologies)'' – Interpreter for the Cubloc controller ; ( Cybiko) : Interpreter for the Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens ; Cybiko B2C : ''( Cybiko)'' – A BASIC to C compiler for the Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens ; Cypress BASIC : (Windows) – a royalty-free VBA compatible scripting engine embedded, e.g., within HP's AssetCenter product for implementing customizations

D

; D3/Pick : See: ''Pick/BASIC'' for use on the

Pick Operating System The Pick Operating System, also known as the Pick System or simply Pick, is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating system based around a MultiValue database. Pick is used primarily for business data processin ...

; DAI BASIC : a very early BASIC interpreter for the

Intel 8080 The Intel 8080 is Intel's second 8-bit computing, 8-bit microprocessor. Introduced in April 1974, the 8080 was an enhanced successor to the earlier Intel 8008 microprocessor, although without binary compatibility.'' Electronic News'' was a week ...

based DAI Personal Computer that used java-like pre-compilation. ;

& DarkBASIC Professional : ''(

)'' – Efficient compiler for

. ;

Dartmouth BASIC Dartmouth BASIC is the original version of the BASIC programming language. It was designed by two professors at Dartmouth College, John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. With the underlying Dartmouth Time-Sharing System (DTSS), it offered an interac ...

: the ''original'' BASIC version. It was a compiler. Later versions included MAT statements for matrix operations. See also ''True BASIC''. ;

Data General Business Basic Data General Business Basic was a BASIC interpreter (based on a version from MAI Basic Four) marketed by Data General for their Nova minicomputer in the 1970s, and later ported to the Data General Eclipse MV and AViiON computers. Most bus ...

: ''(

Data General Nova The Nova is a series of 16-bit computing, 16-bit minicomputers released by the American company Data General. The Nova family was very popular in the 1970s and ultimately sold tens of thousands of units. The first model, known simply as "Nov ...

and later DG minicomputers)'' ; Data/BASIC : See: ''Pick/BASIC'' for use on the

; Databasic : See: ''Pick/BASIC'' for use on the

; DBASIC : fast nonstandard BASIC for the Atari ST written entirely in machine language ;

DEC BASIC VSI BASIC for OpenVMS is the latest name for a dialect of the BASIC programming language created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and now owned by VMS Software Incorporated (VSI). It was originally developed as BASIC-PLUS in the 1970s fo ...

: Formerly VAX BASIC; renamed after VAX/VMS was ported to

Alpha Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter ''aleph'' , whose name comes from the West Semitic word for ' ...

processors and renamed

OpenVMS OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory-based operating system. It is designed to support time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing and workstation applications. Customers using Op ...

. Now named

due to corporate acquisitions. ; Decimal BASIC : Japanese multi-platform Basic interpreter compatible almost 100% with ISO/IEC 10279:Full BASIC 1991 or later ; Dr. T's T-BASIC : ''(

)'' – A BASIC variant for the ST designed specifically to interface with a high-end MIDI sequencer. ; DragonBASIC : for

Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advanc ...

handheld video game; also useful for

Nintendo DS homebrew Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and th ...

. Dragon Basic is a sort of cross-compiler with IDE that runs on Microsoft Windows. ; D-Lib : for (

) is a

BASIC

compiler In computing, a compiler is a computer program that Translator (computing), translates computer code written in one programming language (the ''source'' language) into another language (the ''target'' language). The name "compiler" is primaril ...

that creates

bytecode Bytecode (also called portable code or p-code) is a form of instruction set designed for efficient execution by a software interpreter. Unlike human-readable source code, bytecodes are compact numeric codes, constants, and references (normal ...

executables.

E

; Easy AMOS : See ''AMOS BASIC'' ; Emergence Basic : ''(

)'' ; Envelop Basic : ''(

)'' –

3 clone. ; Envision Basic
Epson SPEL+
: ''(

)'' – SPEL+ is a BASIC-like programming language that runs in the Epson robot controllers. It supports multitasking, motion control, and I/O control. ; ESP8266 BASIC : ''( ESP8266 and NodeMCU) -'' An open-source basic interpreter specifically tailored for the internet of things. Self-hosting browser-based development environment. ; ethosBASIC : ''(

)'' – ethosBASIC is a new BASIC development system made to create

computer games A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...

. ;

Extended Color BASIC Extended Color Basic is an update to the Color BASIC interpreter for the Radio Shack/Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer series, and is the default Basic interpreter for the Color Computer 2. The Color Computer Basic implementations are somewhat different ...

: ''(

and

Dragon 32/64 The Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 are 8-bit home computers that were built in the 1980s. The Dragons are very similar to the TRS-80 Color Computer, and were produced for the European market by Dragon Data, Ltd., initially in Swansea, Wales, before mo ...

)'' ;

Extra! Basic Macro Language ''Extra!'' is a monthly magazine of media criticism published by the media watch group FAIR. First published in 1987, its first full-time editor was Martin A. Lee. Since 1990, it has been edited by Jim Naureckas. The magazine covers a wide var ...

: ''(

Micro Focus Micro Focus International plc was a British multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The firm provided software and consultancy. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and t ...

)'' – A language used to write macros for Micro Focus EXTRA!.

F

;

FaST Basic Fast or FAST may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Fast" (Juice Wrld song), 2019 * "Fast" (Luke Bryan song), 2016 * "Fast" (Sueco song), 2019 * "Fast" (GloToven song), 2019 * ''Fast'', an album by Custom, 2002 * ''Fast'', a 2010 short fil ...

: ''(

)'' ; Famicom BASIC : ''(

Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the and was later released as the redesigned NES in several test markets in the ...

)'' – For the

. ; FBSL : ''(

Wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...

)'' – ''FREESTYLE Basic Script Language'' ; FirST Basic : ''(

)'' ;

FreeBASIC FreeBASIC is a FOSS, free and open source multiplatform compiler and programming language based on BASIC licensed under the GNU General Public License, GNU GPL for Microsoft Windows, protected-mode MS-DOS (DOS extender), Linux, FreeBSD and Xbox ...

: ''(DOS (DPMI32), MS Windows,

Xbox Xbox is a video gaming brand that consists of four main home video game console lines, as well as application software, applications (games), the streaming media, streaming service Xbox Cloud Gaming, and online services such as the Xbox networ ...

, Linux,

FreeBSD FreeBSD is a free-software Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version was released in 1993 developed from 386BSD, one of the first fully functional and free Unix clones on affordable ...

)'' – An open-source ( GPL) BASIC compiler, that employs a similar syntax to

QuickBASIC Microsoft QuickBASIC (also QB) is an Integrated Development Environment (or IDE) and compiler for the BASIC programming language that was developed by Microsoft. QuickBASIC runs mainly on DOS, though there was also a short-lived version for the c ...

's, with more advanced features like pointers and

object-oriented programming Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of '' objects''. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties) and have actions they can perform (called procedures or methods and impl ...

, it also supports a dialect specially designed to be compatible with QuickBASIC. ;

FutureBASIC FutureBasic is a freeware, free BASIC compiler for Apple Inc.'s Macintosh. It consists of an integrated development environment (IDE), editor, project manager, etc. for both PowerPC and Intel microprocessors. Since 1 January 2008, the package ha ...

: ''(macOS)'' – Free compiled, procedural, provides access to Carbon API (Mac OS Toolbox), GUI and file system of System 6 to macOS ; FUZE BASIC : ''(

MS Windows Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sectors of the computing industry – Windows (unqualified) for a ...

Nintendo Switch The is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the Eighth generation of video game consoles, eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch succeeded the ...

)'' – Highly modernized adaptation of classic BASIC also deployed on custom

Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi ( ) is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in collaboration with Broadcom Inc., Broadcom. To commercialize the product and support its growing demand, the ...

machines.

G

; Galaksija BASIC : ''( Galaksija)'' –

Firmware In computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computer, computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and the development of both computer hardware, h ...

version for Galaksija home computer. ;

Gambas Gambas is an object-oriented dialect of the BASIC programming language, and an integrated development environment that accompanies it. Designed to run on Linux and other Unix-like computer operating systems, its name is a recursive acronym for ...

: ''(

Cygwin Cygwin ( ) is a free and open-source Unix-like environment and command-line interface (CLI) for Microsoft Windows. The project also provides a software repository containing open-source packages. Cygwin allows source code for Unix-like operati ...

)'' – A

rapid application development Rapid application development (RAD), also called rapid application building (RAB), is both a general term for adaptive software development approaches, and the name for James Martin's method of rapid development. In general, RAD approaches to ...

environment for BASIC on

Benoît Minisini Benoît Minisini is a French programmer best known for programming the Gambas graphical development environment. Starting programming when he was twelve, he became interested in writing languages, compilers, assemblers, and interpreters. This int ...

. Similar approach as

. ; GamesBasic : Free

object-oriented Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of '' objects''. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties) and have actions they can perform (called procedures or methods and impleme ...

BASIC variant that was meant for

. ; GBasic : ''(

on the PC)'' – Interpreter with many

graphics Graphics () are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of the data, as in design and manufa ...

routines. ; GBasic : ''( on the ZVT PP 01)'' – Interpreter with many graphics routines, Made in Czechoslovakia 80's ; G-BASIC : version of SORD CBASIC with SORD Graphic Language extensions for the M23 with graphics board ; GCBASIC : ''(Microchip

PIC PIC or pic may refer to: Places * Penbay International Circuit, or PIC, a motor track circuit in Pingtung County, Taiwan * Pic River, in Ontario, Canada * Picayune (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code PIC), Mississippi, United States * Pic, a ...

, AVR (legacy), AVRDx & LGT (Logic Green Technologies))'' – Open-source compiler for 8-bit architecture PIC, AVR, AVRDx and LGT microcontrollers maintained by Evan R. Venn. Great Cow BASIC was renamed as GCBASIC in March 2023. ; GeoBASIC : ''(

Leica Leica may refer to: Companies * Ernst Leitz GmbH, later divided into: ** Leica Biosystems GmbH, a cancer diagnostics company ** Leica Camera AG, a German camera and optics manufacturer ** Leica Geosystems AG, a Swiss manufacturer of surveying and ...

TPS 1000/1100 surveying stations)'' ; geoBASIC : ''(

)'' – For use with GEOS ;

GFA BASIC GFA BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language, by Frank Ostrowski. The name is derived from the company ("GFA Systemtechnik GmbH"), which distributed the software. In the mid-1980s to the 1990s it enjoyed popularity as an advanced BA ...

: ''(Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, Windows)'' – Originally conceived on the

where it became one of the most popular BASICs for that platform (it almost became a standard language for the Atari ST). Was later

ported In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally desig ...

to the

and

. ; GLBasic : ''(main target platforms:

, Apple

iPhone The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at ...

Pocket PC A Pocket PC (P/PC, PPC) is a class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile operating system, which is based on Windows Embedded Compact, Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact, and that has some of the abilities of modern ...

. IDE environment: Windows)'' – optimized for games ; Gnome Basic : ''(

)'' – project to develop a

compatible clone for

Gnome A gnome () is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and widely adopted by authors, including those of modern fantasy literature. They are typically depict ...

. During development, the project was discontinued in favour of Mono. ; Graphics BASIC : ''(

)'' – extension to the original Commodore 64 BASIC V2. ;

: ''(

and

)'' by

. BASICA compatible; independent of IBM ROM routines. Came with versions of

MS-DOS MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few op ...

before 5.0. Included music macro language and advanced loops.

H

; HBasic : ''(

)'' – Object-oriented open-source IDE. HBasic based on Qt IDE and a BASIC dialect. Similar approach as

. ;

HiSoft Basic HiSoft Technology International Limited was a Multinational corporation, multinational information technology and business process outsourcing company headquartered in Dalian, China. Founded in 1996, HiSoft was listed on the NASDAQ public excha ...

: ''(Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum)'' ; High Tech BASIC : Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra ; HotBasic : ''(Win32, Linux)'' – Simple but powerful compiler, emits machine code. Supports GUI, console, CGI, and database programming. ; HotPaw Basic : (a.k.a. ''yBasic'', née ''cbasPad Pro'') ''(

Palm OS Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) is a discontinued mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996. Palm OS was designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. ...

)'' – Interpreter with GUI and sound functions. ; HP BASIC : The original Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC ; HP Instrument BASIC : Another name for HP Rocky Mountain BASIC ; HRAST-BASIC : For HP-48G/G+/GX, HP-49G and HP-49G+/50G calculators. ; HP BASIC for OpenVMS : Originally VAX BASIC; renamed to DEC BASIC after VAX/VMS was ported from

VAX VAX (an acronym for virtual address extension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 20th century. The V ...

processors; renamed to Compaq BASIC after

Compaq Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology, information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compati ...

acquired DEC; renamed to HP BASIC for OpenVMS name after HP acquired Compaq. Now known as

. ; HP Basic : version on the HP 39 and 40 programmable calculators. ;

HP Time-Shared BASIC HP Time-Shared BASIC (HP TSB) is a BASIC, BASIC programming language Interpreter (computing), interpreter for Hewlett-Packard's HP 2100#HP 2000, HP 2000 line of minicomputer-based time-sharing computer systems. TSB is historically notable as th ...

: ''(

HP 2100 The HP 2100 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers that were produced by Hewlett-Packard (HP) from the mid-1960s to early 1990s. Tens of thousands of machines in the series were sold over its 25-year lifetime, making HP the fourth-largest minicomp ...

line of

minicomputer A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of general-purpose computer mostly developed from the mid-1960s, built significantly smaller and sold at a much lower price than mainframe computers . By 21st century-standards however, a mini is ...

s)'' ; HTBasic : Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra ; Hummingbird Basic : The automation facility in Hummingbird Connectivity; it replaced WinWrap Basic after version 4 ; HuBASIC : For the Samsung SPC-1000, Sharp MZ-700 and

Sharp X1 The , sometimes called the Sharp X1 or CZ-800C, is a series of home computers released by Sharp Corporation from 1982 to 1988. It is based on a Zilog Z80 CPU. The RGB display monitor for the X1 had a television tuner, and a computer screen ...

, written in 1982 by

Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game company known for releasing numerous titles across video game consoles, home computers, and mobile phones. Headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo, it also maintained an office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. F ...

in Japan.

I

; IBasic : ''(

)'' – With

Windows API The Windows API, informally WinAPI, is the foundational application programming interface (API) that allows a computer program to access the features of the Microsoft Windows operating system in which the program is running. Programs can acces ...

and

support. ;

IBM Cassette BASIC The IBM Personal Computer BASIC, commonly shortened to IBM BASIC, is a programming language first released by IBM with the IBM Personal Computer, Model 5150 (IBM PC) in 1981. IBM released four different versions of the Microsoft BASIC interpre ...

: ''( PC)'' – Built into the first IBM PCs. Ran independently of

and used audio cassettes as a storage medium. ; IBM VS-BASIC : Mainframe hybrid compiler/interpreter implementation frequently used with such operating systems as McGill University's

MUSIC/SP ''MUSIC/SP (Multi-User System for Interactive Computing/System Product''; originally McGill University System for Interactive Computing) was developed at McGill University in the 1970s from an early IBM time-sharing system called RAX ( Remote A ...

. ; ICPL : ''(

Computervision Computervision, Inc. (CV) was an early pioneer in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing ( CAD/CAM). Computervision was founded in 1969 by Marty Allen and Philippe Villers, and headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Its earl ...

CADDS-2/VLSI)'' – Interpreter tied into an

integrated circuit An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or simply chip, is a set of electronic circuits, consisting of various electronic components (such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors) and their interconnections. These components a ...

design

database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and a ...

. ; INFOBASIC : Used on Prime Computers, a variant of Pick BASIC for use on the

;

: ''(

)'' – Steve Wozniak's own creation. Originally known simply as ''"Apple BASIC"''. For the BASICs available at the time, it was very fast and computer memory, memory-efficient. Only supported integers. Came as standard on the

and original

;Initial Programming Language : ''(

)'' Uses dialog boxes for every command and directs essential message queue messages to predefined functions discarding the rest. Tries to keep to the spirit of simple home computer BASICs rather than a fully featured language like Visual Basic. ;

Internet Basic The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...

: Written for use with the Comet system. Both were created by Signature Systems. ; IS-BASIC : The interpreter of the Enterprise 64 and 128 home computers, written by Intelligent Software Ltd. ; IWBasic : ''(

)'' A version of Basic that generates native machine code so no runtime libraries are needed. ; iziBasic : ''(

)'' Easy-to-use compiler that runs on Palm OS devices and emits stand-alone programs. Includes terminal mode and support for Palm OS GUI.

J

; Jabaco : simple object-oriented programming language to build applications/applets on the Java Framework. ; JSBasic : Converts

into browser ready

JavaScript JavaScript (), often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and CSS. Ninety-nine percent of websites use JavaScript on the client side for webpage behavior. Web browsers have ...

. ;

Just BASIC Just or JUST may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Just" (song), 1995, by Radiohead * ''Just!'', Australian author Andy Griffiths' children's story collections * ''Just'', a 1998 album by Dave Lindholm * "Just", a 2005 song on ''Lost and Found ...

: restricted "free" version of Liberty BASIC'' (

only)'' ; JBasic : a "classic" implementation of BASIC written entirely in Java. ; JR-BASIC : used on the Matsushita JR series home computers ; jvmBasic : An implementation of BASIC which compiles to Java Bytecode

K

; Kool-Bee : See ''KoolB'' ; KoolB : (short for ''Kool-Bee'') ''(

)'' – Open-source compiler, minimal, made mainly for learning purposes. ; KBasic : Basic for Qt

L

;

Liberty BASIC Liberty BASIC (LB) is a commercial computer programming language and integrated development environment (IDE). It has an BASIC interpreter, interpreter, developed in Smalltalk, which recognizes its own Programming language#Dialects, flavors and ...

: ''(

)'' – Traditional structured BASIC with extensions for desktop GUI programming. ; LikeBASIC : ''(

)'' – Basic interpreter component for applications in the

.NET The .NET platform (pronounced as "''dot net"'') is a free and open-source, managed code, managed computer software framework for Microsoft Windows, Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. The project is mainly developed by Microsoft emplo ...

framework environment ; Locomotive BASIC : ''(

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spec ...

, Amstrad NC100)'' – built into the ROM, ''(

ZX Spectrum +3 ZX may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Kamen Rider ZX (pronounced "Zed-Cross"), the tenth fictional superhero in the "Kamen Rider" franchise * ''Mega Man ZX'', a video game for the Nintendo DS * ''ZX Tunes'', remastered soundtracks of the "Meg ...

)'' on

disk ; LotusScript : ''(

IBM Lotus Notes HCL Notes (formerly Lotus Notes then IBM Notes) is a proprietary collaborative software platform for Unix ( AIX), IBM i, Windows, Linux, and macOS, sold by HCLTech. The client application is called Notes while the server component is branded ...

)'' ; LowRes Coder : (

iOS Ios, Io or Nio (, ; ; locally Nios, Νιός) is a Greek island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. Ios is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides. It is situated halfway between Naxos and Santorini. It is about long an ...

)—App to create retro-style games or demos in BASIC. ; Luxor Basic : ''( Luxor ABC 80)'' ;

Learn to Program BASIC Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, non-human animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some ...

: ''(

95–98,

7.5–9)'' – youth-oriented version, with interactive lessons to teach the user how to program ; LxBasic : ''(

)''

Free compiler and runtime compatible with Theos MultiUser Basic

M

; M2000 Interpreter : dual vocabulary (Greek-English) Interpreter in own environment,

open source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...

, written in Vb6

;

MacBASIC MacBASIC was a programming language and interactive environment designed by Apple Computer for the Macintosh 128K, original Macintosh computer. It was developed by original Macintosh team member Donn Denman, with help from fellow Apple programme ...

: Apple's original BASIC for the

, released as

Beta software The software release life cycle is the process of developing, testing, and distributing a software product (e.g., an operating system). It typically consists of several stages, such as pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and release candidate, before the fi ...

and discontinued due to a deal with

; MAI Basic Four Business Basic : ''(misc. minicomputers)'' ; Mallard BASIC : ''(

Amstrad PCW The Amstrad PCW series is a range of personal computers produced by United Kingdom, British company Amstrad from 1985 to 1998, and also sold under licence in Europe as the "Joyce" by the German electronics company Schneider Computer Division, Schn ...

)'' – Similar to Locomotive BASIC ;

MapBasic MapBasic is a programming language for creation of additional tools and functionality for the MapInfo Pro geographic information system. MapBasic is based on the BASIC family of programming languages. MapBasic also allows programmers to develop ...

: procedural language used specifically for GIS programs. ; MasmBasic : over 300 BASIC-style macros for the Microsoft Macro Assembler; requires the Masm32 package. ;

MBASIC MBASIC is the Microsoft BASIC, Microsoft BASIC implementation of BASIC for the CP/M operating system. MBASIC is a descendant of the original Altair BASIC interpreters that were among Microsoft's first products. MBASIC was one of the two versions o ...

: ''(

)'' – Further development of OBASIC, also by Microsoft. MBasic was one of the BASICs developed by Microsoft. Came with a

line editor In computing, a line editor is a text editor in which each editing command applies to one or more complete lines of text designated by the user. Line editors predate screen-based text editors and originated in an era when a computer operator typic ...

. ; MELFA BASIC : used by certain

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 194 ...

robot A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...

s and simulation packages. ; METRIC-BASIC : also known as Uppsala-BASIC ; MelloCOMPLEX : Based on "COMPLEX", a variant of BASIC ; MICOL BASIC : Compiled Basic based upon elements of C for the Apple ][ gs platform ;

: many versions for several different CPUs and system architectures exist, and many other BASICs are derivatives of some Microsoft BASIC ; Microsoft BASICA : See ''BASICA'' ; Microsoft GW-BASIC : ''GW-BASIC'' ; Microsoft Small Basic : ; Microsoft Level III BASIC : ''(

TRS-80 The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer developed by American company Tandy Corporation and sold through their Radio Shack stores. Launched in 1977, it is ...

)'' ; Microsoft Visual Basic : ''Visual Basic'' ; MinimalBASIC : A compiler for ''ECMA-55 Minimal BASIC'' emitting GNU assembly language targeting 64-bit x86-64 Linux ; MITS 4K BASIC : ''Altair BASIC'' ; MITS 8K BASIC : ''Altair BASIC'' ; MMBasic : The GWBasic Clone used by the

Maximite Maximite Microcomputer is a Microchip PIC32 microcontroller-based microcomputer. This series of chips uses the MIPS 32-bit RISC MIPS architecture and was neither an ARM nor PIC variant. Originally designed as a hobby kit, the Maximite was introduce ...

Microcomputer ; Mobile BASIC : ''(

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

enabled

mobile phone A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones ( landline phones). This rad ...

s)'' ; MOLE Basic : ''(

on the PC)'' – Merty's Own Language Extension BASIC ; Moonrock Basic Compiler : ''(

on the PC)'' – Small compiler ; Monkey : ''(Supports various platforms, see page for details)'' – A simple but powerful programming language built primarily for

Blitz Research Blitz Research Ltd is a software company based in Auckland, New Zealand, specializing in BASIC-based programming languages. Founded in 2000 by Mark Sibly, the company's first product was ''Blitz BASIC'' ''2D'', a PC version of the Amiga Blitz Basi ...

. ; Morfik Basic : Object-oriented dialect that can used to create Web applications, server and browser client-side code. ''(

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)'' ;

: ''(macOS)'' ;

MSX BASIC MSX BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language. It is an extended version of Microsoft's MBASIC Version 4.5, adding support for graphic, music, and various peripherals attached to MSX microcomputers. Generally, MSX BASIC is designed to f ...

: ''(

MSX MSX is a standardized home computer architecture, announced by ASCII Corporation on June 16, 1983. It was initially conceived by Microsoft as a product for the Eastern sector, and jointly marketed by Kazuhiko Nishi, the director at ASCII Corpo ...

)'' – by

; MTBASIC : ''(CP/M, DOS)'' Multitasking BASIC compiler by Softaid ; MyBasic : Custom BASIC language interpreter written in C in three days.

N

;

N82-BASIC N8 may refer to: * N postcode area district of north London * Number Eight (disambiguation) * Nokia N8, 2010 smartphone model * N8 (Long Island bus), bus route in Nassau County, New York * N8 Group of research-intensive universities in northern Eng ...

: ''(Old

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...

PC8201/8201A)'' ; N88-BASIC : ''(Old

PC8801/9801)'' –

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

's most popular BASIC based on

's one ; N.A.M.E. Basic : compiles into

to run on the

Java Virtual Machine A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a virtual machine that enables a computer to run Java programs as well as programs written in other languages that are also compiled to Java bytecode. The JVM is detailed by a specification that formally descr ...

. Can also run in interpreted mode on the

JVM A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a virtual machine that enables a computer to run Java programs as well as programs written in other languages that are also compiled to Java bytecode. The JVM is detailed by a specification that formally descri ...

; Nevada BASIC : Ellis Computing Eight-bit

, had 12 digit precision and

matrix Matrix (: matrices or matrixes) or MATRIX may refer to: Science and mathematics * Matrix (mathematics), a rectangular array of numbers, symbols or expressions * Matrix (logic), part of a formula in prenex normal form * Matrix (biology), the m ...

operations. A port of

Processor Technology Processor Technology Corporation was a personal computer company founded in April 1975, by Gary Ingram and Bob Marsh in Berkeley, California. Their first product was a 4K byte RAM board that was compatible with the MITS Altair 8800 computer but ...

8 KB BASIC ; NEXTBasic : Customized BASIC language for the

. ; NorthStar BASIC : ''(

, NorthStar Horizon, later adapted to

x86 x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel, based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088. Th ...

as ''Bazic '86'')'' and '' S.A.I.L.B.O.A.T.'' (a basic optimized for Z80 and X86 MS-DOS) ; NS Basic : ''(

Newton OS ''Newton OS'' is a discontinued operating system for the Apple Newton PDAs produced by Apple Computer, Inc. between 1993 and 1997. It was written entirely in C++ and trimmed to be low power consuming and use the available memory efficiently. Ma ...

Symbian OS Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian OS ...

Windows CE Windows CE, later known as Windows Embedded CE and Windows Embedded Compact, is a discontinued operating system developed by Microsoft for mobile and embedded devices. It was part of the Windows Embedded family and served as the software foun ...

Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDA). Designed to be the portable equivalent of the Windows desktop OS in the emerging Mobile device, mobile/port ...

)'' – IDE and

Bytecode Bytecode (also called portable code or p-code) is a form of instruction set designed for efficient execution by a software interpreter. Unlike human-readable source code, bytecodes are compact numeric codes, constants, and references (normal ...

-interpreter ; nuBASIC : ''(

)'' – Interpreter written in

C++11 C++11 is a version of a joint technical standard, ISO/IEC 14882, by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), for the C++ programming language. C++11 replaced the prior vers ...

for educational purposes.

O

;

Oasis In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environmentOBASIC : ''(

)'' – by

; Omikron Basic : ''(Atari ST, macOS)'' – Originally developed by Omikron Software for

. In

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

it was bundled with new

s for a long time. Was later ported to the

classic Mac OS Mac OS (originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS) is the series of operating systems developed for the Mac (computer), Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1984 to 2001, starting with System 1 and end ...

and was further developed for

. ; OpenBASIC : developed by MAI Systems Corporation, Inc. ;

Open Programming Language Open Programming Language (OPL) is a programming language for embedded systems and mobile devices that run the operating systems EPOC and Symbian. It was released by the British company Psion in 1984. Use Originally designed for use on th ...

OPL : ''(

phones and PDAs)'' – Originally developed for Psion's product line of organisers and PDAs. OPL used to stand for Organiser Programming Language but after becoming open source in 2003, it was renamed. Available for most of Psion's classic organisers and PDAs,

Nokia Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1 ...

9210/9290/9300/9500 Communicators and

Sony Ericsson Sony Mobile Communications Inc., originally Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, was a Multinational corporation, multinational consumer electronics and telecommunications company, best known for its Mobile phones, mobile phone products. The ...

P800/ P900/ P910. ; OWBasic : dialect for Pocket Viewer

P

; Panoramic (computer language) : For Windows, able to handle 3D world and many Windows objects. ; Parrot BASIC : For the

Parrot virtual machine Parrot is a discontinued register-based process virtual machine designed to run dynamic languages efficiently. It is possible to compile Parrot assembly language and Parrot intermediate representation (PIR, an intermediate language) to Parr ...

; V 1.0 is modeled on GW-BASIC, V 2.0 is modeled on Microsoft QuickBASIC version 4.5 ;

PBASIC PBASIC is a microcontroller-based version of BASIC created by Parallax, Inc. in 1992. PBASIC was created to bring ease of use to the microcontroller and embedded processor An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combinat ...

: for use with the

Parallax Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different sightline, lines of sight and is measured by the angle or half-angle of inclination between those two lines. Due to perspective (graphica ...

BASIC Stamp The BASIC Stamp is a microcontroller with a small, specialized BASIC interpreter ( PBASIC) built into ROM. It is made by Parallax, Inc. and has been popular with electronics hobbyists since the early 1990s. Technical specifications Although ...

microcontroller A microcontroller (MC, uC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals. Pro ...

; PeayBASIC : hand-written interpreter in C# for simple text and graphics output ; Phoenix Object Basic : ''(

)'' – free, includes GUI builder ; PIC BASIC : for use with

s ; PIC BASIC Pro : aka PBP – for use with

PIC microcontroller PIC (usually pronounced as /pɪk/) is a family of microcontrollers made by Microchip Technology, derived from the PIC1640 originally developed by General Instrument's Microelectronics Division. The name PIC initially referred to ''Peripher ...

s ; PICAXE BASIC : for use with

PICAXE PICAXE is a microcontroller system based on a range of Microchip Technology, Microchip PIC microcontroller, PIC microcontrollers. PICAXE devices are Microchip PIC devices with pre-programmed firmware that enables bootloading of code directly from a ...

microcontrollers ; Pick/BASIC : (a.k.a. ''Data/BASIC'', ''Databasic'') ''(

Pick operating system The Pick Operating System, also known as the Pick System or simply Pick, is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating system based around a MultiValue database. Pick is used primarily for business data processin ...

)'' – a BASIC version, extended for business use, and embedded into the Pick environment and variants. ; PlayBASIC : ''(

)'' – Fast and feature rich, focused on 2D game development. ;

PowerBASIC PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo Basic, is the brand of several commercial compilers by PowerBASIC Inc. that compile a dialect of the BASIC programming language. There are both MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, Windows versions, and two kinds of the latte ...

: ''(DOS, Win16, Win32)'' – free and commercial compilers for DOS and Windows, which focus on fast compile speeds and small binaries. They are Turbo Basic successors. ;

: 5 KB and 8 KB BASICs. Created for the SOL-20 computer, but widely ported to other platforms as Processor Technology published the 8080 source code. Nevada BASIC (CP/M) and Utah BASIC S-DOSwere the latest ports. ;

Profan Kompakt (Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer (musician), Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal ...

: ''(

)'' – easy to use, interpreted ; Professional Development System (PDS) : A superset of Microsoft

targeted at professional software developers. ; ProvideX : ''(

)'' – Cross-platform program development language derived from

;

PSX Chipmunk BASIC PSX may refer to: * Pakistan Stock Exchange, a stock exchange in Pakistan with trading floors in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore * Phillips 66 (NYSE ticker: PSX), an American multinational energy company * PlayStation (console) (codenamed PSX), a ho ...

: ''(

PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...

)'' – For the

;

PureBasic PureBasic is a commercial software, commercially distributed procedural programming, procedural computer programming language and integrated development environment based on BASIC and developed by Fantaisie Software for Microsoft Windows, Windo ...

: ''(

(x86, x64),

(x64, arm64

Apple silicon Apple silicon is a series of system on a chip (SoC) and system in a package (SiP) processors designed by Apple Inc., mainly using the ARM architecture family, ARM architecture. They are used in nearly all of the company's devices including Mac ...

) and Raspberry Pi (arm32, arm64))'' – Cross-platform program development language, 32 & 64bit. Fast compiler with many functions that creates fast and small standalone native executables which do not require runtime DLLs. It compiles with

FASM FASM (''flat assembler'') is an assembler for x86 processors. It supports Intel-style assembly language on the IA-32 and x86-64 computer architectures. It claims high speed, size optimizations, operating system (OS) portability, and macro abi ...

or a C compiler, and has inline support. ; PyBASIC : An interactive BASIC interpreter written in Python.

Q

;

QB64 QB64 (originally QB32) is a self-hosting BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, designed to be compatible with Microsoft QBasic and QuickBASIC. QB64 is a transpiler to C++, which is integrated with a C++ compiler to provide ...

: ''(

and

)'' – Self-hosting BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS. Aims at full compatibility with Microsoft QBasic and QuickBASIC. BASIC code is translated to C++ and then compiled to executable form. An event driven

GUI builder A graphical user interface builder (or GUI builder), also known as GUI designer or sometimes RAD IDE, is a software development tool that simplifies the creation of graphical user interface, GUIs by allowing the designer to arrange graphical cont ...

named InForm exists for QB64. ;

QBasic QBasic is an integrated development environment (IDE) and BASIC interpreter, interpreter for a variety of dialects of BASIC which are based on QuickBASIC. Code entered into the IDE is compiled into an intermediate representation (IR), and this ...

: ''(

on the PC)'' – by

. Subset of QuickBASIC. Came with versions of

from 5.0 to 6.22. Also included with DOS 7 (what Windows 95 runs on,) and available from the install CD of Windows 98. ;

: ''(

on the PC)'' by

. An evolution of BASICA/GW-BASIC to block-structured lexical syntax that does not require line numbers, with many added intrinsic functions and language features (e.g. loop and conditional control constructs, file modes, and mixed-language programming support). Has an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), intended to compete with Borland Turbo language products (e.g. Turbo BASIC and especially the contemporarily popular Turbo Pascal). Mostly backward-compatible with BASICA source code. Includes a compiler and linker, and produces MS-DOS executables. Released in versions 1.0, 2.0. 3.0. 4.0, & 4.5. QuickBASIC 4.5 was released in 1988. The QuickBASIC 4.5 IDE includes an interpreter, syntax checking, debugging aids, and online help including a full language reference. ; Quite BASIC : Web-based classic BASIC programming environment. No download or signup necessary. Introduced in 2006.

R

;

RapidQ RapidQ (also known as ''Rapid-Q'') is a free, cross-platform, semi- object-oriented dialect of the BASIC programming language. It can create console, graphical user interface, and Common Gateway Interface applications. The integrated developme ...

: ''(

Solaris Solaris is the Latin word for sun. It may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature, television and film * ''Solaris'' (novel), a 1961 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem ** ''Solaris'' (1968 film), directed by Boris Nirenburg ** ''Sol ...

/ SPARC and

HP-UX HP-UX (from "Hewlett Packard Unix") is a proprietary software, proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise; current versions support HPE Integrity Servers, based on Intel's Itanium architect ...

)'' – Free, borrowed from

. Useful for graphical interfaces. Works mainly with

instructions. (Cross-platform, free, no longer being developed). Semi-OO interpreter. Includes RAD IDE. ; RBScript : ''(

and

)'' – Scripting language based on

REALbasic The Xojo programming environment and programming language is developed and commercially marketed by Xojo, Inc. of Austin, Texas for software development targeting macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, the Web and Raspberry Pi. Xojo us ...

. ; RC Basic : ''(

, Android)'' – Basic Compiler geared towards game development similar to

SDLBasic SdlBasic is a multiplatform interpreter for BASIC, using the SDL libraries. Its interpreter core is based on wxBasic. The interpreter can be very useful for people who are familiar with ANSI-BASIC interpreters and are curious or needing SDL libr ...

. ;

: ''(

and

)'' – Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented

-like Basic variant. Currently known as

Xojo The Xojo programming environment and programming language is developed and commercially marketed by Xojo, Inc. of Austin, Texas for software development targeting macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, the Web and Raspberry Pi. Xojo uses ...

. ; Revelation BASIC or R/Basic : ''(

on the PC)'' – A variant of Pick/Basic used on the Revelation DBMS and successors. ; RFO BASIC! : ''( Android)'' –

Dartmouth Basic Dartmouth BASIC is the original version of the BASIC programming language. It was designed by two professors at Dartmouth College, John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. With the underlying Dartmouth Time-Sharing System (DTSS), it offered an interac ...

for Android. Also called BASIC! and BASIC! Super User. ; RM Basic : A BASIC provided by Research Machines for their early Nimbus range of PCs ; RobotBASIC : ''(

)'' – Free BASIC interpreter and Robotic Simulator for the Windows OS that allows for Gaming and GUI graphical programming. New version will also compile to stand alone executables. ; Rocky Mountain BASIC : created by HP to control instruments through

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; Run BASIC : ''(

, and

)'' – Free interactive web server-based version of

S

;

S-BASIC S-BASIC (for Structured Basic) was a "structured" BASIC variant, distributed with Kaypro CP/M systems. It was made by Topaz Programming is distributed by Micro-Ap (San Ramon, California). SBasic was compatible with the syntax of BASIC, a progr ...

: "Structured" BASIC, came with

Kaypro Kaypro Corporation was an American home and personal computer manufacturer based in Solana Beach, California, in the 1980s. The company was founded by Non-Linear Systems (NLS) to compete with the popular Osborne 1 portable microcomputer. Kaypro ...

systems ; S.A.I.L.B.O.A.T. : SAIL Basic on Another Tack (CP/M, DOS Z80, X86, pseudo interpreted, Northstar Basic Compatible, B-Tree File System) ; S.I.C.K. : The Symbolic Instruction Code Kit is a pseudo-BASIC interpreter written in QB64

; SAM Basic programming language, SAM BASIC : ''(

SAM Coupé The SAM Coupé (pronounced /sæm ku:peɪ/ from its original British English branding) is an 8-bit British home computer manufactured by '' Miles Gordon Technology'' (''MGT''), based in Swansea in the United Kingdom and released in December 1989. ...

)'' ; SecondBASIC : BASIC development environment for the

. ; SBAS : "Structured BASIC" popular in British schools in 1980s & 90s. Written by Bryan Tackaberry of SPA Ltd to run on

RM plc RM plc is a British company that specialises in providing information technology products and services to educational organisations and establishments. Its key market is UK education including schools, colleges, universities, government educati ...

computers. ;

: developed for Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 Communicator. Development not finished, stopped with version 0.9. ; ScriptBasic : Cross platform (ANSI C) Open-source embeddable interpreter/API. The ScriptBasic project is primarily an embeddable scripting API with examples of a command line interpreter and multi-threaded HTTP application server running as a service. ;

sdlBasic SdlBasic is a multiplatform interpreter for BASIC, using the SDL libraries. Its interpreter core is based on wxBasic. The interpreter can be very useful for people who are familiar with ANSI-BASIC interpreters and are curious or needing SDL libr ...

: Free, multiplatform, based on core of

wxBasic wxBasic is a free software / open-source software, cross-platform BASIC interpreter. As it is based on syntax of the BASIC language, it is designed to be simple to learn and understand, and allow novice programmers to write applications for grap ...

, but uses the SDL library. ; SEGA BASIC : SEGA version of BASIC dedicated to SEGA SC-3000 computer ; Sharp BASIC : ''( Sharp

pocket computer A pocket computer is a class of handheld computer characterized by very short displays (typically accommodating only one or a handful of lines of text) and calculator-style alphanumeric keypads. Pocket computers occupy a small footprint, allowin ...

s)'' ;

Simons' BASIC Simons' BASIC is an BASIC extension, extension to Commodore BASIC, BASIC 2.0 for the Commodore 64 home computer. Written by British people, British programmer David Simons in 1983, who was 16 years old at the time, it was distributed by Commodore I ...

: A cartridge-based utility that added 114 additional keywords to the standard BASIC 2.0 on the

computer ; Simple BASIC : for Windows R3 Intermedia Language version Traditional BASIC, made for scientific purpose. ; SIMPOL : Object-oriented, made to emit code for Windows, Linux, macOS ;

: ''(

ZX80 The Sinclair ZX80 is a home computer launched on 29 January 1980 by Science of Cambridge Ltd. (later to be better known as Sinclair Research). It is notable for being one of the first computers available in the United Kingdom for less than a hu ...

ZX81 The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-c ...

/ TS1000,

, Timex Sinclair 2068, Ringo R470, Lambda 8300)'' ; SmallBASIC : ''( Android,

, etc.)'' – A small open-source GPL-ed interpreter. ; Small Basic : ''(

)'' – by

DevLabs Team. ;

smart BASIC ''SMart'' was a British CBBC television programme based on art, which began in 1994 and ended in 2009. The programme was recorded at BBC Television Centre in London. Previously it had been recorded in Studio A at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham ...

: for

; SmartBASIC : ''(

Coleco Adam The Coleco Adam is a home computer and expansion device for the ColecoVision by American toy and video game manufacturer Coleco. The Adam was an attempt to follow on the success of the company's ColecoVision video game console. It was available as ...

)'' ; SmileBASIC : A retro dialect of BASIC used in

Petit Computer ''Petit Computer'' is a software development application for the Nintendo DSi and later systems, developed by SmileBoom in Sapporo, Japan. The application is built around a custom dialect of BASIC known as SmileBASIC (not to be confused with the 3 ...

(for the DSi) and SmileBASIC (for the 3DS) ;

Sony BASIC is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...

: for the

Sony SMC-70 Announced on May 17, 1982, the SMC-70 is a microcomputer that was produced by Sony and released in September 1982. The system was initially released for general office use in the United States, with the SMC-70G and SMC-70GP (released in 1983) des ...

; SOBS : ''(

ICT 1900 series ICT 1900 was a family of mainframe computers released by International Computers and Tabulators (ICT) and later International Computers Limited (ICL) during the 1960s and 1970s. The 1900 series was notable for being one of the few non-America ...

)'' ''Southampton BASIC System'' ; Softworks Basic : ''( Win32, Visual Studio.Net, Linux, Unix)'' – a superset of AlphaBasic ; SpecBAS : An enhanced

interpreter for modern PCs. ; Spectacle BASIC : ''(

– can be recompiled for

and

)'' an open source, interpreted :Spiderbasic
SpiderBasic
is a new web client-side programming language based on established BASIC rules. Its allows development of very complex, windowed based web applications, including mobile app for iOS and Android. : : ; SQABasic : For the

Rational Software Rational Machines is an enterprise founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development. It changed its n ...

designed for Robot Script ; StarBasic : ''StarOffice Basic'' ;

StarOffice Basic OpenOffice Basic (formerly known as StarOffice Basic or StarBasic or OOoBasic) is a dialect of the programming language BASIC that originated with the StarOffice office suite and spread through OpenOffice.org and derivatives such as Apache OpenO ...

: (a.k.a. ''StarBasic'') ''(

OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org (OOo), commonly known as OpenOffice, is a discontinued open-source office suite. Active successor projects include LibreOffice (the most actively developed) and Collabora Online, with Apache OpenOffice being considered mostly d ...

StarOffice StarOffice is a discontinued proprietary software, proprietary office suite. Its source code continues today in derived open-source office suites Collabora Online and LibreOffice. StarOffice supported the OpenOffice.org XML file format, as well ...

)'' ; ST BASIC (Atari) : ''(

)'' – This came with the

;

: ''(

)'' – For

made for

. Predecessor of

on the

. ; Submarine BASIC : ''BASIC-E'' ;

SuperBASIC SuperBASIC is an advanced variant of the BASIC programming language with many structured programming additions. It was developed at Sinclair Research by Jan Jones during the early 1980s. Originally SuperBASIC was intended as the BASIC interpre ...

: ''(

Sinclair QL The Sinclair QL (for ''Quantum Leap'') is a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as an upper-end counterpart to the ZX Spectrum. The QL was the last desktop microcomputer from Sinclair Research aimed at the serious home use ...

)'' ;

Super Game System BASIC Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter/player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard button) ...

: For

Windows 10 Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. The successor to Windows 8.1, it was Software release cycle#Release to manufacturing (RTM), released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015, and later to retail on July 2 ...

Is Basic Implementation for learning and creating simple games

;

SV extended BASIC SV, Sv, sv, etc. may refer to: Places and language * El Salvador, ISO 3166-1 country code SV * Province of Savona, (vehicle registration plate code), Italy * South Vietnam, an extinct state * Svalbard, Norway, FIPS country code SV * Swedish langu ...

: ''(

Spectravideo Spectravideo International Limited (SVI) (printed as Spectra Video, with the space, in game manuals) was an American computer manufacturer and software house. It was originally called SpectraVision, a company founded by Harry Fox in 1981. The ...

)'' – For

318/328, by

T

; T-BASIC : BASIC dialect used on the Wang 2200T and its Soviet Russian clone, the Iskra (Spark) 226. ; T-BASIC : Version of Microsoft BASIC used on the Toshiba Pasopia. ; TBASIC : Version of BASIC used for software development on ATTI's family of BRAT test systems ;

Tektronix Tektronix, Inc., historically widely known as Tek, is an American company best known for manufacturing test and measurement devices such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and video and mobile test protocol equipment. Originally an independent c ...

: For the 4050 series computers, extensive graphics commands ; TeleBASIC : Version of BASIC used in the video game Telehack ; Terminal-BASIC : Pure interpreter, written in

. Supports large subset of Minimal BASIC, runs on

Arduino Arduino () is an Italian open-source hardware and open-source software, software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. Its hardwar ...

. Free software (

GPL3 The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses, or ''copyleft'' licenses, that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study, share, or modify the software. The GPL was the first c ...

, LGPL3)
Project page
; THEOS Multi-User Basic : ''(

THEOS THEOS, which translates from Greek as "God", is an operating system which started out as OASIS, a microcomputer operating system for small computers that use the Zilog Z80, Z80 processor. When the operating system was launched for the IBM Per ...

)'' ; thinBasic : interpreter for

; TI BASIC : (note: no hyphen) ''(

TI-99/4A The TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A are home computers released by Texas Instruments (TI) in 1979 and 1981, respectively. Based on TI's own TMS9900 microprocessor originally used in minicomputers, the TI-99/4 was the first 16-bit home computer. The assoc ...

)'' ; TI Extended BASIC : ''(

)'' ;

TI-BASIC TI-BASIC is the official name of a BASIC-like language built into Texas Instruments' graphing calculators. TI-BASIC is a language family of three different and incompatible versions, released on different products: * TI-BASIC 83 (on Z80 proces ...

: (note: hyphen) ''(

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is one of the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide based on sales volume. The company's focus is on developing analog ...

programmable calculator Programmable calculators are calculators that can automatically carry out a sequence of operations under the control of a stored computer programming, program. Most are Turing complete, and, as such, are theoretically general-purpose computers. ...

s)'' ; Tibbo Basic : ''( Tibbo

s)'' ; Tiger-BASIC : High speed multitasking, for

s of the BASIC-Tiger family. ;

: ''(any

microcomputer A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor. The computer also includes memory and input/output (I/O) circuitry together mounted on a printed circuit board (P ...

, but mostly implemented on early

S-100 bus The S-100 bus or Altair bus, later standardized as IEEE 696-1983 ''(inactive-withdrawn)'', is an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800. The bus was the first industry standard expansion bus for the microcomputer in ...

machines)'' – Minimalist version which source code was smaller than this article, used on low-memory platforms. ; TML BASIC : ''(

Apple IIGS The Apple IIGS (styled as II) is a 16-bit personal computer produced by Apple Inc., Apple Computer beginning in September 1986. It is the fifth and most powerful model of the Apple II family. The "GS" in the name stands for "Graphics and Sound" ...

)'' – A compiled BASIC with a GUI hosted IDE for writing native GUI apps. ; Touch Basic : ''( Android)'' A BASIC variant optimized for a

touchscreen A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of electronic visual display, display that can detect touch input from a user. It consists of both an input device (a touch panel) and an output device (a visual display). The touch panel is typically l ...

. ; TRS-80 Level I BASIC : ''(

)'' – based on

. ; TRS-80 Level II BASIC : ''(

)'' – based on

; TRS-80 Model 100 BASIC : ''(

TRS-80 Model 100 The TRS-80 Model 100 is a Notebook form factor, notebook-sized portable computer introduced in April 1983. It was the first commercially successful notebook computer, as well as one of the first notebook computers ever released. It features a k ...

)'' – based on

, with special support for the RAM file store, LCD display, and other built-in hardware of the TRS-80 Model 100 and Tandy 102 portable computers ;

True BASIC True BASIC is a variant of the BASIC programming language descended from Dartmouth BASIC — the original BASIC. Both were created by college professors John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. History True BASIC traces its history to an offs ...

: ''(DOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix)'' – Direct descendant of the ''original'' BASIC, ''Dartmouth BASIC'', marketed by its creators. Strictly standards-compliant. ;

Turbo Basic PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo Basic, is the brand of several commercial compilers by PowerBASIC Inc. that compile a dialect of the BASIC programming language. There are both MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, Windows versions, and two kinds of the latte ...

: ''(

)'' – Added 55 commands to the C64 BASIC, Released by Aztec Software, written by Julian Gardner. ;

: ''(

on the PC)'' – Commercial compiler by

Borland Borland Software Corporation was a computing technology company founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad, and Philippe Kahn. Its main business was developing and selling software development and software deployment products. B ...

. ( BASIC/Z successor) (see

) ; Turbo-Basic XL : ''(

)'' –

interpreter and compilerbased on

. Even this slower interpreter was about four times faster than the built-in BASIC. Written by Frank Ostrowski, the person who then developed

. Came from '' Happy Computer''. ; TxBasic : ''(

)'' Compiler and runtime compatible with Theos MultiUser Basic with extended features ; Tymshare SuperBasic : ''(

SDS 940 The SDS 940 was Scientific Data Systems' (SDS) first machine designed to directly support time-sharing. The 940 was based on the SDS 930's 24-bit CPU, with additional circuitry to provide protected memory and virtual memory. It was announced in ...

)''

U

; ugBASIC : An isomorphic and open-source language, fully documented and designed to develop portable programs, without sacrificing efficiency. With a single source it is therefore possible to create games for numerous 8 bit platforms. ; UBASIC : ''(

on the PC)'' – Interpreter with many

mathematical Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

routines. Strong emphasis on

number theory Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. Number theorists study prime numbers as well as the properties of mathematical objects constructed from integers (for example ...

. Can work with many-digit numbers,

complex number In mathematics, a complex number is an element of a number system that extends the real numbers with a specific element denoted , called the imaginary unit and satisfying the equation i^= -1; every complex number can be expressed in the for ...

s. ; UniBASIC : dialect that is part of the UniData database, with a strong focus on data access and manipulation. ;

UniVerse The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...

: dialect that is part of the

database, with strong focus on data access and manipulation. ; Uppsala-BASIC : also known as METRIC-BASIC ; Utah BASIC : Ellis Computing, had 12-digit precision and

operations. MS-DOS port of the

8K BASIC. See Nevada BASIC.

V

; VAX BASIC : DEC's BASIC-Plus-2 ported to

/ VMS ; VBA : See ''Visual Basic for Applications'' ; VBS : See ''VBScript'' ;

VBScript VBScript (Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is a deprecated programming language for scripting on Microsoft Windows using Component Object Model (COM), based on classic Visual Basic and Active Scripting. It was popular with system admi ...

: (a.k.a. ''VBS, Visual Basic Script, Visual Basic Scripting Edition'') – A subset of

used in ASP,

Internet Explorer Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated as IE or MSIE) is a deprecation, retired series of graphical user interface, graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft that were u ...

, or under Windows using the

Windows Script Host The Microsoft Windows Script Host (WSH) (formerly named Windows Scripting Host) is an automation technology for Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides scripting abilities comparable to batch files, but with a wider range of supported fe ...

(WSH) as a general-purpose scripting language. VBScript is often used as a replacement for

batch file A batch file is a Scripting language, script file in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. It consists of a series of Command (computing), commands to be executed by the command-line interpreter, stored in a plain text file. A batch file may contain a ...

s. ; Vilnius BASIC : ''(

Elektronika Elektronika, also spelt Electronika and Electronica (, "Electronics"), is the brand name used for many different electronic products built by factories belonging to the Soviet Ministry of Electronic Industry, including calculators, electronic w ...

BK-0010-01, BK-0011M and

UKNC UKNC () is a Soviet PDP-11-compatible educational micro computer, aimed at teaching school informatics courses. It is also known as Elektronika MS-0511. UKNC stands for Educational Computer by Scientific Centre. It was designed by the Scientific C ...

computers)'' ; Vintage BASIC : Cross-platform, open-source interpreter for microcomputer BASIC, written in

Haskell Haskell () is a general-purpose, statically typed, purely functional programming language with type inference and lazy evaluation. Designed for teaching, research, and industrial applications, Haskell pioneered several programming language ...

. ;

: ''(

)'' –

dialect with

environment. ;

Visual Basic .NET Visual Basic (VB), originally called Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft and implemented on .NET, Mono, and the .NET Framework. Microsoft launched VB.NET in 2002 as the ...

: ''(

)'' – Version within the .NET Framework by

. ;

Visual Basic for Applications Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 6.0 built into most desktop Microsoft Office applications. Although based on pre-.NET Visual Basic, which is no ...

: (a.k.a. ''VBA'') ''(

Microsoft Office Microsoft Office, MS Office, or simply Office, is an office suite and family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. The first version of the Office suite, announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at CO ...

on MS Windows and Apple

)'' ;

Visual Basic Script VBScript (Microsoft Visual Basic (classic), Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is a Deprecation, deprecated programming language for scripting language, scripting on Microsoft Windows using Component Object Model (COM), based on Visual Basic (classic ...

: See ''VBScript'' ; Visual Basic Scripting Edition : See ''VBScript'' ; Visual Test : (Originally MS-TEST) – Basic in Visual Test ;

: Originally released as

BASIC by

Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957. Olsen was president until ...

, owned by VMS Software Inc. (VSI) since 2014. Runs on the

operating system.

W

; Warsaw Basic ; Wasabi : functional dialect with features such as closures,

continuation In computer science, a continuation is an abstract representation of the control state of a computer program. A continuation implements ( reifies) the program control state, i.e. the continuation is a data structure that represents the computat ...

s and first order functions, created at Fog Creek Software as an in-house web applications development platform. Not released to public, but often features in the influential blog of Joel Spolsky, Fog Creek founder and CEO. ; wwwBASIC : Browser based BASIC interpreter by

Google Google LLC (, ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial ...

. ; Watcom Basic : Dialect by

Watcom Watcom International Corporation was a software company, which was founded in 1981 by Wes Graham and Ian McPhee. Founding staff (Fred Crigger, Jack Schueler and McPhee) were formerly members of Professor Graham's Computer Systems Group at the Uni ...

; Waterloo BASIC : A dialect developed at

University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a Public university, public research university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also op ...

; WinWrap Basic : VBA type third party interpreter which can be linked into programmes to give them macro/VBA functionality ; WordBasic : versions of Microsoft Word before MS Word 97 ;

: Open-source GPL interpreter based on the platform independent wxWidgets toolkit library. For

(proposed), and

X

; X11-Basic : ''(

, Android,

)'' – Structured programming, structured dialect of the BASIC programming language with graphics, sound and more. ; XBasic : ''(

)'' – open-source compiler with a GUI designer ; XBLite : ''(

)'' – open-source compiler with integrated editor ;

: ''(MacOS,

and Web)'' – Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented

-like Basic variant. Formerly known as

Y

; Yabasic : ''(

and PlayStation 2)'' Small interpreter. ( GPL) ; Yab (programming language), yab : ''(BeOS, Magnussoft ZETA, Zeta, Haiku (operating system), Haiku)'' Adaptation of Yabasic that enables the creation of graphical programs using the BeOS API. ; yBasic : See ''HotPaw Basic''

Z

; ZBasic : Visual Basic subset dialect for ZX microcontrollers with support for multitasking. ; ZBasic (Zedcor Zbasic) : first released by Zedcor (Tucson, Arizona) in mid-1985. Versions were made for Apple, DOS, Macintosh CP/M and TRS-80 computers. In 1991, 32 Bit Software Inc. (Dallas, Texas) bought the DOS version and expanded it. Zedcor concentrated on the Apple Mac market and renamed it FutureBASIC. ZBasic was very fast, efficient and advanced, with BCD math precision up to 54 digits. ; Zeus, Basic : developed for Windows and Pocket PC by KRMicros (Kronos Robotics).

BASIC extensions

BASIC extensions (a.k.a. ''BASIC toolkits'') extend a particular BASIC. ''(Platforms: APCW =

; A8 =

; C64 =

; C128 = Commodore 128; Spec+3 = ZX Spectrum#Firmware, ZX Spectrum +3; VIC-20)'' * BASIC 8 ''(C128)'' – Third-party extension of the C128's

7.0 *

''(ZX Spectrum)'' * Optimized Systems Software, BASIC XL Toolkit ''(A8)'' – Disk-based extension of Optimized Systems Software (OSS) BASIC XL for

* Basic Lightning ''(C64)'' – The White Lightning development suite, by Oasis Software included also a quite capable BASIC extension for the Commodore BASIC 2.0 * Exbasic Level II ''(C64)'' – Extended BASIC. An improved BASIC for the C64, which was loaded from floppy disk, disk or ROM cartridge. * Graphics BASIC ''(C64)'' – Third-party extension of the C64's Commodore BASIC 2.0 * Laser Basic ''(C64)'' – Ocean Software's updated version of The White Lightning development suite, which extended Commodore BASIC 2.0. A compiler named Laser Basic Compiler was available. * Laser Basic ''(ZX Spectrum)'' * Lightning Extended BASIC ''(APCW; Spec+3 on

)'' – Extended Mallard BASIC with sophisticated graphics functions * YS MegaBasic ''(ZX Spectrum)'' * Monkey Wrench II ''(A8)'' – ROM cartridge extension of

from Eastern House Software. Using the right cartridge slot it requires an Atari 800. *

''(C64)'' – CBM-marketed improved BASIC for the C64, loaded from floppy disk, disk or ROM cartridge * Super Expander ''(VIC-20)'' – CBM's own cartridge based extension of the VIC-20's Commodore BASIC 2.0 * Super Expander 64 ''(C64)'' – CBM's own cartridge based extension of the VIC-20's Commodore BASIC 2.0, for the C64

References

External links

Detailed overview of many BASIC compilers

All BASIC language reference and code project site

SEGA SC-3000 computer, BASIC language details
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of BASIC Dialects BASIC programming language family, * Lists of programming languages, BASIC dialects