visual basic

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visual basic - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Visual BASIC
  VB
  
     <language> (VB) A popular event-driven visual programming
     system from Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft Windows.
     VB is good for developing Windows interfaces, it invokes
     fragments of BASIC code when the user performs certain
     operations on graphical objects on-screen.  It is widely used
     for in-house application program development and for
     prototyping.  It can also be used to create ActiveX and
     COM components.
  
     Version 1 was released in 1991 [by Microsoft?].
  
     Current version: 6, as of 1999-11-26.
  
     (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/).
     History (http://iessoft.com/scripts/vbhistry.asp).
     Strollo Software (http://op.net/~jstrollo/vblinks.html).
     Books (http://wrox.com/Consumer/Default.asp?Category=Visual+Basic)
     .
  
     (1999-11-26)