BASIC
BASIC is an acronym for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. BASIC was de-eloped in the early 1960s at Dartmouth College by John Keenly and Thomas Kurtz as a teaching language．It largely remained a teaching language until the introduction of microcomputer systems in the mid-1970s ．BASIC was selected as the high-level Ian-gauge for such systems due to its simplicity and "compactness"in memory compared to other high-level languages．The rapid growth of microcomputers stems since the late 1970s has now resulted in BASIC being very likely the most widely used com-putter language in the world.
A timesharing system that improved efficiencNandcc ease of use demanded an interactive language-BASIC-that would allow each user to type pro-grams into a terminal (similar to a personal computer) on whose screen the output would be displayed immediately.
Since its invention, BASIC has been adopted by almost all computer and microcomputer manufacturers．However, because the manufacturers found the language to be limited, each manufacturer would change it slightly to make use of enhancements par-titular to various machines．Thus，different versions(called dialects)of BASIC emerged.
Such popularity has been at the expense of uniformity. ANSI developed a standard BASIC, how-ever，most microcomputer systems use their own particular implementation of BASIC．This is largely because microcomputer technology has advanced at Avery rapid rate and the language has been changed to take advantage of the capabilities of the hardware. The result is that someone able to program in the BASIC used by one computer system (such as Apple)may be unable to program in the BASIC used by another computer system(such as IMB)．
翻譯：
BASIC語言
BASIC是“初學者通用符號指令代碼”（Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code）的字頭縮 寫詞，BASIC最早是由約翰．凱莫尼 和湯姆斯庫茨于GO年代初在達特茅 斯學院作為一種教學語言而開發(fā) 的。直到70年代中葉引入微型計算機系統(tǒng)之前，BASIC一直很廣泛地 被保留用作一種教學語言，BASIC被選作這種系統(tǒng)的高級語言，是因 為它比其他高級語言簡單并“節(jié)省”內(nèi)存。從70年代后期起，由于微型計算機系統(tǒng)的迅速增長，使得BASIC現(xiàn)在似一乎成為世界上最廣泛的計算機語言。
分時系統(tǒng)的出現(xiàn)不但提高了工 作效率．而月使BASIC一類交互式語言使用起米簡單——即允許每位 用戶同時把程序輸入計算機終端〔與微機類似〕，而輸出則立即顯 示在各自的屏幕上。
BASIC語言自從問世以來，幾乎己被所有的計算機和微機制造商 所采用。因為制造商們發(fā)現(xiàn)只要對 這種高級語言做微小的改變即能增 加其價值，尤其是針對各種不同的機器。因而，出現(xiàn)了各種不同版本（稱為“語支”）的BASIC語言。
BASIC如此普及是靠犧牲一致性而得到的。ANSI（美國國家標準 協(xié)會）推出了標準的BASIC.但是，大多數(shù)微機系統(tǒng)對BASIC有自 己的特殊的執(zhí)行過程。這大體上是因為，微型機技術(shù)以極快的速度向前發(fā)展，語言也發(fā)生變化，以便吸取硬件功能的優(yōu)點，結(jié)果是，某人能夠用一種計算機系統(tǒng)（如APPLE）所采用的BASIC來編寫程序，但可能不會用另一種計算機系統(tǒng)(IBM)所采用的BASIC來編程
BASIC is an acronym for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. BASIC was de-eloped in the early 1960s at Dartmouth College by John Keenly and Thomas Kurtz as a teaching language．It largely remained a teaching language until the introduction of microcomputer systems in the mid-1970s ．BASIC was selected as the high-level Ian-gauge for such systems due to its simplicity and "compactness"in memory compared to other high-level languages．The rapid growth of microcomputers stems since the late 1970s has now resulted in BASIC being very likely the most widely used com-putter language in the world.
A timesharing system that improved efficiencNandcc ease of use demanded an interactive language-BASIC-that would allow each user to type pro-grams into a terminal (similar to a personal computer) on whose screen the output would be displayed immediately.
Since its invention, BASIC has been adopted by almost all computer and microcomputer manufacturers．However, because the manufacturers found the language to be limited, each manufacturer would change it slightly to make use of enhancements par-titular to various machines．Thus，different versions(called dialects)of BASIC emerged.
Such popularity has been at the expense of uniformity. ANSI developed a standard BASIC, how-ever，most microcomputer systems use their own particular implementation of BASIC．This is largely because microcomputer technology has advanced at Avery rapid rate and the language has been changed to take advantage of the capabilities of the hardware. The result is that someone able to program in the BASIC used by one computer system (such as Apple)may be unable to program in the BASIC used by another computer system(such as IMB)．
翻譯：
BASIC語言
BASIC是“初學者通用符號指令代碼”（Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code）的字頭縮 寫詞，BASIC最早是由約翰．凱莫尼 和湯姆斯庫茨于GO年代初在達特茅 斯學院作為一種教學語言而開發(fā) 的。直到70年代中葉引入微型計算機系統(tǒng)之前，BASIC一直很廣泛地 被保留用作一種教學語言，BASIC被選作這種系統(tǒng)的高級語言，是因 為它比其他高級語言簡單并“節(jié)省”內(nèi)存。從70年代后期起，由于微型計算機系統(tǒng)的迅速增長，使得BASIC現(xiàn)在似一乎成為世界上最廣泛的計算機語言。
分時系統(tǒng)的出現(xiàn)不但提高了工 作效率．而月使BASIC一類交互式語言使用起米簡單——即允許每位 用戶同時把程序輸入計算機終端〔與微機類似〕，而輸出則立即顯 示在各自的屏幕上。
BASIC語言自從問世以來，幾乎己被所有的計算機和微機制造商 所采用。因為制造商們發(fā)現(xiàn)只要對 這種高級語言做微小的改變即能增 加其價值，尤其是針對各種不同的機器。因而，出現(xiàn)了各種不同版本（稱為“語支”）的BASIC語言。
BASIC如此普及是靠犧牲一致性而得到的。ANSI（美國國家標準 協(xié)會）推出了標準的BASIC.但是，大多數(shù)微機系統(tǒng)對BASIC有自 己的特殊的執(zhí)行過程。這大體上是因為，微型機技術(shù)以極快的速度向前發(fā)展，語言也發(fā)生變化，以便吸取硬件功能的優(yōu)點，結(jié)果是，某人能夠用一種計算機系統(tǒng)（如APPLE）所采用的BASIC來編寫程序，但可能不會用另一種計算機系統(tǒng)(IBM)所采用的BASIC來編程