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basic (adj.)
[basic 词源字典]
1832, originally in chemistry, from
base
(n.) +
-ic
.
[basic etymology, basic origin, 英语词源]
BASIC
computer language, 1964, initialism (acronym) for
Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
; invented by Hungarian-born U.S. computer scientist John G. Kemeny (1926-1992) and U.S. computer scientist Thomas E. Kurtz (b.1928).