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What does BASIC stand for ?

  1. Beginner All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

  2. Beginners' All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

  3. Beginners' All Purpose Simple Instructions Code

  4. Beginner All Purpose Simple Instruction Cheats
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Explanation

BASIC stands for "Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code" and was designed at Dartmouth College in 1964 to make programming accessible to non-science students. The possessive "Beginners'" (with apostrophe) is grammatically correct in the official name. It became one of the most widely taught languages.

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