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

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Altair BASIC and early microcomputers

Paul AllenBill GatesIntel 8080PDP-10Minicomputer
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Licenses to home computer makers

Personal computersROMUser interfaceOperating systemsDECsystem-20
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Variants and derivatives of Microsoft BASIC

Amiga BASICBasic 1.0Canon X-07Disk Extended Color BASICDragon 32/64
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Modern descendants

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

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Altair BASIC and early microcomputers

Licenses to home computer makers

Modern descendants

Variants and derivatives of Microsoft BASIC

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Microsoft BASIC

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Edges133
Triples183
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014925
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Microsoft BASIC

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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

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

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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

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