Altair BASIC 2.0

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:C_programming_language
gptkbp:available_on floppy disk
magnetic tape
gptkbp:contributed_to rise of personal computing
software industry growth
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:Microsoft
gptkbp:features file handling
string manipulation
floating-point arithmetic
interactive debugging
line numbering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Altair BASIC 2.0
gptkbp:influenced early software development practices
Microsoft Windows programming
future BASIC dialects
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Dartmouth_BASIC
gptkbp:legacy part of computing history
foundational programming language
influenced educational programming languages
inspired future BASIC implementations
paved the way for Microsoft software dominance
gptkbp:marketed_as hobbyists
gptkbp:platform gptkb:Altair_8800
gptkbp:release_date 1976-01-01
gptkbp:released_in gptkb:1976
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Microsoft_BASIC
gptkb:Altair_BASIC_3.0
gptkbp:supports arrays
control structures
input/output operations
integer arithmetic
BASIC programming
subroutines
gptkbp:type gptkb:translator
gptkbp:used_in early personal computers
gptkbp:written_by gptkb:Bill_Gates
gptkb:Paul_Allen
gptkbp:written_in gptkb:assembly_language
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Altair_BASIC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5