In computer programming , BASIC -LRB- an acronym for Beginner 's MISC@1 The acronym is tied to the name of an unpublished paper by PERSON@1 and is not a backronym , as is sometimes suggested in older versions of The Jargon File -RRB- is a family of high-level programming languages .

The acronym -LRB- a word made from other words -RRB- is Beginner 's MISC@1 .
