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Microsoft BASIC: Companies & Products

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 version of BASIC published by Microsoft as well as the first high-level programming language available for the…

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Microsoft BASIC topic overview

The analysis highlights Companies and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Microsoft BASIC.

Related topics
128
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
133
Extracted relationships
183
Concept neighborhoods
51
Bridge connections
133

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Licenses to home computer makers · 53 topics
Variants and derivatives of Microsoft BASIC · 24 topics
Altair BASIC and early microcomputers · 22 topics
Overview · 17 topics
Modern descendants · 12 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Designed by
Microsoft
Developer
Microsoft
First appeared
1975 (cf. Altair BASIC)
Stable release
cf. Visual Basic .NET / 2018

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Altair BASIC and early microcomputers

Licenses to home computer makers

Modern descendants

Variants and derivatives of Microsoft BASIC

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Microsoft BASIC connects Entity context

The extracted context around Microsoft BASIC shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Microsoft BASIC → AGL, Altair BASIC, Amiga BASIC, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, Applesoft BASIC, Atari, Atari Microsoft BASIC, Basic, BASIC Advanced, BASICA, C64, Canon, Canon X-07, Cassette BASIC, Color BASIC, Commodore, Commodore Amiga, Commodore BASIC, CP/M Another extracted example is Microsoft BASIC → BASIC, BASIC-68, BASIC-69, BASIC-80, BASIC09, Color BASIC, Color Computer, CPUs, Dragon, Electronique, Epson HX-20, Extended Color BASIC, FLEX, Hitachi, It, Microsoft, Microsoft/Epson BASIC, Microware, Most, Motorola. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Microsoft BASIC

Top relations

related to Variants and derivatives of Microsoft BASIC · 73
Microsoft BASIC → AGL, Altair BASIC, Amiga BASIC, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, Applesoft BASIC, Atari, Atari Microsoft BASIC, Basic, BASIC Advanced, BASICA, C64, Canon, Canon X-07, Cassette BASIC, Color BASIC, Commodore, Commodore Amiga, Commodore BASIC, CP/M
related to BASIC-68 and BASIC-69 · 32
Microsoft BASIC → BASIC, BASIC-68, BASIC-69, BASIC-80, BASIC09, Color BASIC, Color Computer, CPUs, Dragon, Electronique, Epson HX-20, Extended Color BASIC, FLEX, Hitachi, It, Microsoft, Microsoft/Epson BASIC, Microware, Most, Motorola
related to Licenses to home computer makers · 28
Microsoft BASIC → After, Altair BASIC, Applesoft-compatible BASIC, Atari, Atari BASIC, Atari Microsoft BASIC, BASIC, BASICA, BASICs, By, Contrary, CPUs, DECsystem-20, GW-BASIC, Hence, How, IBM, IBM Advanced BASIC, IBM's Don Estridge, Laser
related to Altair BASIC and early microcomputers · 24
Microsoft BASIC → Altair BASIC, Alter, Bill Gates, DEC's PDP-10 BASIC-PLUS, Digital Equipment Corporation's BASIC-PLUS, EDIT, FIELD, Gates, GET, Intel, LSET, Microsoft, Microsoft Binary Format, Microsoft's BASIC, Monte Davidoff, Paul Allen, PDP-10, PUT, RSET, The
related to Modern descendants · 16
Microsoft BASIC → BASICA, DOS, GW-BASIC, However, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Most, NET, No, QBasic, QuickBASIC, The, VB, Visual Basic, Web, Windows
Designed by · 1
Microsoft BASIC → Microsoft
Developer · 1
Microsoft BASIC → Microsoft
First appeared · 1
Microsoft BASIC → 1975 (cf. Altair BASIC)
Stable release · 1
Microsoft BASIC → cf. Visual Basic .NET / 2018
is a · 1
Microsoft BASIC → foundation software product of the Microsoft company and evolved into a line of BASIC interpreters and compiler

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

basic microsoft computer version home altair 6502 basic-80 used trs-80 extended features included also available functions code first commands string

Microsoft BASIC relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 183 structured relationships around Microsoft BASIC. Examples in this analysis include Microsoft BASIC → Designed by → Microsoft and Microsoft BASIC → First appeared → 1975 (cf. Altair BASIC). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Microsoft BASICDesigned byMicrosoft1.00infobox
Microsoft BASICDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Microsoft BASICFirst appeared1975 (cf. Altair BASIC)1.00infobox
Microsoft BASICStable releasecf. Visual Basic .NET / 20181.00infobox
Microsoft BASICis afoundation software product of the Microsoft company and evolved into a line of BASIC interpreters and compiler0.90text
descriptive error messages still had to be left outinstance ofother features0.80text
user-defined functionsinstance of6502 BASIC included certain features from Extended BASIC0.80text
descriptive error messagesinstance of6502 BASIC included certain features from Extended BASIC0.80text
but omitted other features like double precision variablesinstance of6502 BASIC included certain features from Extended BASIC0.80text
thePRINTUSINGstatementinstance of6502 BASIC included certain features from Extended BASIC0.80text
Microsoft BASICrelated to Altair BASIC and early microcomputersThe Altair BASIC0.60section
Microsoft BASICrelated to Altair BASIC and early microcomputersMicrosoft0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Microsoft BASIC bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Microsoft, Computer and Altair. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Microsoft BASIC
    • Microsoft
    • Computer
    • Altair
    • Also
    • Home
    • Version
    • Extended
    • Features
    • Included
    • Used
    • Basic-80
    • Atari
  • microsoft basic
    • Microsoft
    • Computer
    • Altair
    • Home
    • Also
    • Version
    • Extended
    • Features
    • Included
    • Trs-80
    • Commands
    • Used
  • microsoft
    • Computer
    • Also
    • Home
    • Version
    • Extended
    • Features
    • Included
    • Used
    • Basic-80
    • Atari
    • Net
    • Visual
  • basic interpreters
    • Microsoft
    • Computer
    • Altair
    • Home
    • Trs-80
    • Version
    • Commands
    • Extended
    • Features
    • Included
    • Net
    • Visual
  • altair basic
    • Microsoft
    • Home
    • Original
    • Code
    • Computer
    • Trs-80
    • Altair
    • Basic
    • Extended
    • Version
    • Ii
    • Level
  • basic
    • Microsoft
    • Computer
    • Altair
    • Home
    • Trs-80
    • Version
    • Commands
    • Extended
    • Features
    • Included
    • Net
    • Visual
  • altair 8800
    • Home
    • Original
    • Code
    • Trs-80
    • Basic
    • Extended
    • Microsoft
    • Ii
    • Level
    • Net
    • Visual
    • Computer
  • home computer
    • Computers
    • Home
    • Also
    • Microsoft
    • Trs-80
    • Extended
    • Ibm
    • Language
    • Level
    • Original
    • Ii
    • Code

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Microsoft BASIC, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Microsoft BASIC with Licenses to home computer makers. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Microsoft BASICLicenses to home computer makers · splits 80 ⟂ 54
Microsoft BASICVariants and derivatives of Microsoft BASIC · splits 109 ⟂ 25
Microsoft BASICAltair BASIC and early microcomputers · splits 111 ⟂ 23
Microsoft BASICOverview · splits 116 ⟂ 18
Microsoft BASICModern descendants · splits 121 ⟂ 13

Map overview Semantic statistics

Microsoft BASIC

Nodes134
Edges133
Triples183
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014925
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Microsoft BASIC to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Companies & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Microsoft BASIC · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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