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QBasic

Programming language

Softwareprogramming language procedural programming languageQ381247

Developer: Microsoft
Founded: 1991
Latest version: 1.1
, 1.0
Operating system: MS-DOS
, Windows 95
, Windows 98
+4 more

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QBasic is an integrated development environment (IDE) and interpreter for a variety of dialects of BASIC which are based on the QuickBASIC compiler and the QuickBASIC Interpreter. Code entered into the IDE is an intermediate representation (IR), and this IR is immediately executed on demand within the IDE.

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Programming paradigm: procedural programming
Influenced by: QuickBASIC latest version: 4.5
Different from: QuickBASIC
Readable file format: QBasic source code file
Writable file format: QBasic source code file

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