Editing FreeBASIC (section)

{{Short description|BASIC dialect}}
{{Distinguish|Free Basics}}
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{{Infobox programming language
| name = FreeBASIC
| logo = Fblogo.gif
| screenshot = FreeBasic help.png
| paradigm = [[Procedural programming|Procedural]], [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]]
| designer = Andre Victor<ref>{{cite web|title=freeBASIC about page|url=https://www.freebasic.net/about.html|work=freeBASIC compiler|access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref>
| developer = The FreeBASIC Development Team
| latest release version = 1.10.1
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2023|12|25}}
| typing = [[Type system#Static typing|Static]]
| implementations =
| dialects =
| influenced by = [[QuickBASIC]], [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = [[MS-DOS]], [[FreeBSD]], [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPLv2+]], [[GNU Lesser General Public License|Standard libraries licensed under the GNU LGPLv2+]]
| website = {{URL|www.freebasic.net}}
| year = {{start date and age|2004}}
}}
'''FreeBASIC''' is a [[FOSS|free and open source]] multiplatform [[compiler]] and [[programming language]] based on [[BASIC]] licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]  for [[Microsoft Windows]], protected-mode [[MS-DOS]] ([[DOS extender]]), [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]] and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]].  The Xbox version is no longer maintained.<ref>[http://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=FaqPgxbox FBWiki : FaqPgxbox]</ref>

According to its official website,<ref>[http://www.freebasic.net/ freeBASIC Programming Language: Official Web site]</ref> FreeBASIC provides syntax compatibility with [[computer program|program]]s originally written in [[QuickBASIC|Microsoft QuickBASIC]] (QB).  Unlike QuickBASIC, however, FreeBASIC is a command line only [[compiler]], unless users manually install an external [[integrated development environment]] (IDE) of their choice.<ref>{{cite web|title=freeBASIC official website downloads page|url=http://www.freebasic.net/gallery.html|work=freeBASIC compiler|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref>