Computer Science SS 1 Second Term

Programming Language II

Week 9

Performance Objective:

The student should be able to

1. State the full mean of BASIC
2. List BASIC character set and BASIC Statement

Content:

BASIC

BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." BASIC is a computer programming language that was developed in the mid-1960s to provide a way for students to write simple computer programmer

BASIC originally used numbers at the beginning of each instruction (or line) to tell the computer what order to process the instructions. Lines would be numbered as 10, 20, 30, etc., which would allow additional instructions to be placed between commands later on if needed. "GOTO" statements enabled programs to.... View More