basic - noun

a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

basic - adjective

• pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
• serving as a base or starting point
• of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

basic - thesaurus

canonic   canonical   introductory   staple