- BASIC - 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
--1 is a kind of fact; programming language, programing language; fact; programming language, programing language
- basic, staple - (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
--2 is a kind of principle; commodity, trade goods, goods; principle; commodity, trade goods, goods
--2 has particulars:rudiment, first rudiment, first principle, alphabet, ABC, ABC's, ABCs - basic, staple - (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant