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Micro$oft BASICA (short for "Advanced BASIC") is a simple disk-based BASIC interpreter written by Micro$oft for PC-DOS. BASICA allows use of the ROM-resident BASIC included with early models of IBM's PC while DOS is loaded (the ROM BASIC itself runs when nothing is loaded when booting) and adds functionality such as file access and storage of programs on disk. It does not run on non-IBM PCs and even on later IBM models, since those lack the requisite ROM BASIC.

Later versions : Qbasic and Visual Basic
which both inherited its syntax...
50 'Basica
80 ' INITIALIZATION
90 '
100 DEFINT A-Z : GETC$=" " : GETW$=" " ' for speed!
110 DIM USQ.TABLE%(1,257), BUF$(128), OUTF$(127)
120 FILE$="" : SF%=0 : FO%=-1 : CSL%=0 : CSH%=0 : OD$=""
340
350 ' COMMON CODE
360 '
370 ' Common code, accessed with blank command line or begining of
380 ' non-CP/M versions.. (Interactive version)
390 '
400 SF%=-1
410 PRINT : PRINT "PCUSQNEW.BAS -- A SLOW But Sure BASIC Unsqueezer"
420 PRINT
430 PRINT "(Enter name of file to 'unsqueeze'. Use upper case ONLY.)"
440 INPUT "Name of squeezed file";FILE$ : ID$=""
450 PRINT : PRINT "(Enter 'O' for console output only)"
460 INPUT "Console output? (Y/N/O)";CO$
470 IF CO$="O" OR CO$="o" THEN FO%=0 : GOTO 520
480 IF CO$="N" OR CO$="n" THEN SF%=0
490 PRINT : PRINT "(Enter return only for current disk)"
500 INPUT "Output drive";OD$
510 IF LEN(OD$)=1 THEN OD$=OD$+":"
520 PRINT : PRINT "Unsqueezing ";ID$;FILE$;" --> ";
530 OPEN "R", 1, ID$+FILE$, 128
basica by jack_2000 November 27, 2005
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Basica is a term given to people of the highest order. They have a creed by which they live: " To advance, you must first learn the basics". They are often seen wearing sunglasses throughout their lifetime and have remarkable physical prowess, with one being recorded as able to throw a ball at a speed of up to 210kph. Though talented in many regards, they have a speech impairment which forces them to use the words "oi", "ban" and " Machan" in every sentence. They often crash out and say mother was right.
eh eh oi oi machan basica ko ban ? its time to grind oi
Basica by Basica Laahiruwa February 17, 2026
Basica is a term given to people of the highest order. They have a creed by which they live: " To advance, you must first learn the basics". They are often seen wearing sunglasses throughout their lifetime and have remarkable physical prowess, with one being recorded as able to throw a ball at a speed of up to 210kph. Though talented in many regards, they have a speech impairment which forces them to use the words "oi", "ban" and " Machan" in every sentence. They often crash out and say mother was right.
eh eh oi oi machan basica ko ban ? its time to grind oi
Basica by Basica Laahiruwa February 17, 2026

amazon basic

someone who shops from big-box retailers instead of supporting independent businesses.
Person 1: i’m just gonna buy everything on amazon on Black Friday
Person 2: wow you’re such an amazon basic
The most amazing beautiful girl; soft hearted,makes your heart melt with her smile.She is very smart but little flirtatious.Any boy is more than lucky to have her in his life.She may be stubborn but one little touch can make her melt.
Damn is that like basira?
I wish my girl was like basira.
basira by meaning.com July 31, 2018

ya basic 

Another way to say "you're boring" or "low-class". It's become popular recently largely because of its usage by the character Eleanor on The Good Place.
Basic Ben: Hey Jen, what if the deep state brainwashed us all into forgetting that cereal is just soup, but the broth is milk?
Jen: Just stop, Ben. Please. For your own sake. Ya basic!
ya basic by thicquely February 1, 2018

Basic Bitch 

Someone who is unflinchingly upholding of the status quo and stereotypes of their gender without even realizing it. She engages in typical, unoriginal behaviors, modes of dress, speech, and likes. She is tragically/laughably unaware of her utter lack of specialness and intrigue. She believers herself to be unique, fly, amazing, and a complete catch, when really she is boring, painfully normal, and par. She believes her experiences to be crazy, wild, and different or somehow more special than everything that everybody else is doing, when really, almost everyone is doing or has done the exact same thing. She is typical and a dime a dozen. There are many subtypes of basicness, such as the basic ratchet, the basic sorority bitch, the basic groupie bitch, the basic I'm-so-Carrie-from-Sex-and-the-City bitch, etc, but ultimately, they all share the common thread of being expendable and unnoteworthy and, in some cases, having absolutely no redeeming qualities.
"I've gotta get to Hollister and Bath and Body works for the third time this week, the just announced a new sale! I just don't know how I'll ever fit in that mani-pedi with Amanda and Brittney today. Ugh, I'm just going to call in sick with my period. I need a Pumpkin Spice latte or a Cosmo right now, I can't handle this pressure. Can we go to Applebee's for dinner tonight? ...Ooh, the new Shia Labeouf movie! LOVE HIM!" - basic bitch inner monologue
Basic Bitch by Cee Gee May 1, 2014