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PowerBASIC
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<p>PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo Basic, is the brand of several commercial <a href="/facts/Compiler/WNfCDFJe">compilers</a> by PowerBASIC Inc. that compile a dialect of the <a href="/facts/BASIC/VYMl5TmA">BASIC</a> <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a>. There are both <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> versions, and two kinds of the latter: Console and Windows. The MS-DOS version has a syntax similar to that of <a href="/facts/QBasic/yxMVNxCs">QBasic</a> and <a href="/facts/QuickBASIC/pfbnC5RX">QuickBASIC</a>. The Windows versions use a BASIC syntax expanded to include many Windows functions, and the statements can be combined with calls to the <a href="/facts/Windows_API/RRw4RtTu">Windows API</a>. </p>