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{{short description|Software compiler}}
{{Redirect|Turbo Basic|the Basic Dialect for the Atari 8-bit series of computers|Turbo-Basic XL}}
{{Infobox programming language
| name                   = PowerBASIC
| screenshot             = PowerBasic-screen-shot.png
| screenshot caption     = Screenshot of PowerBASIC for Windows 9.0 IDE and an example compiled Windows GUI.
| released               = {{Start date and age|1989}}
| developer              = Robert "Bob" Zale (b. 1945, d. 2012)
| latest_release_version = 10.0 ({{Start date and age|df=yes|2011|05|04}})<ref>[https://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/showthread.php?t=047454 Release of PowerBASIC 10.0 Compiler for Windows]</ref>
| influenced by          = [[Turbo Basic]]
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (32-bit only), [[MS-DOS]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.powerbasic.com/}}
}}

'''PowerBASIC''', formerly '''Turbo Basic''', is the brand of several commercial [[compiler]]s by PowerBASIC Inc. that compile a dialect of the [[BASIC]] [[programming language]]. There are both [[MS-DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] versions, and two kinds of the latter: Console and Windows. The MS-DOS version has a syntax similar to that of [[QBasic]] and [[QuickBASIC]]. The Windows versions use a BASIC syntax expanded to include many Windows functions, and the statements can be combined with calls to the [[Windows API]].