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Noun

a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

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(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

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Adjective

pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"

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reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"

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serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"

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of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

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