1. ENGT 1050 Computers for Engineering Technology Professor Dan Solarek

2. Lesson Objectives 0By the end of this lesson, you should be able to: >Provide a definition of the term BASIC >Describe the history of BASIC >Identify the various versions of BASIC that have been popular over the years >Describe the differences between QBASIC and QuickBASIC

3. Definition of BASIC 0BASIC (stands for Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) 0developed at Dartmouth College in 1964 0designers wished it to be a stepping-stone for students to learn one of the more powerful languages such as FORTRAN or ALGOL

4. History of BASIC

5. History of BASIC (continued)

7. GW-BASIC 0Published by Microsoft 0Available with DOS 4.0 and earlier 0Not structured 0Required line numbers 0No subroutines 0No user-defined functions

8. QBasic 0Published by Microsoft 0Available with DOS 5.0 and newer (FREE) >Version 1.1 (1992) is last available 0Line numbers optional 0Structured 0Subroutines 0User-defined functions

9. QuickBASIC 0Published by Microsoft 0Available by purchase only >Version 4.5 (1988) is the last available 0Syntax similar to QBasic 0Includes a compiler (for.EXE files)

10. Visual Basic 0Published by Microsoft 0Available by purchase only 0Version 6.0 (1998) is the last available 0Syntax of code is similar to QBasic 0Includes a compiler (for.EXE files)