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Các chuẩn

• ANSI/ISO/IEC Chuẩn cho BASIC rút gọn:
  • ANSI X3.60-1978 "FOR MINIMAL BASIC"
  • ISO/IEC 6373:1984 "DATA PROCESSING - PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES - MINIMAL BASIC"
• ANSI/ISO/IEC Chuẩn cho BASIC đầy đủ:
  • ANSI X3.113-1987 "PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES FULL BASIC"
  • ISO/IEC 10279:1991 "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES - FULL BASIC"
• ANSI/ISO/IEC Phụ lục các module đang định nghĩa:
  • ANSI X3.113 INTERPRETATIONS-1992 "BASIC TECHNICAL INFORMATION BULLETIN # 1 INTERPRETATIONS OF ANSI 03.113-1987"
  • ISO/IEC 10279:1991/ Amd 1:1994 "MODULES AND SINGLE CHARACTER INPUT ENHANCEMENT"