basic (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[basic 词源字典]
1832, originally in chemistry, from base (n.) + -ic.[basic etymology, basic origin, 英语词源]
BASICyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
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).