Visual Basic
Visual Basic is the name for a family of programming languages from Microsoft, including:
- Visual Basic, the current version which was initially released in 2002 and is a component of the .NET Framework.
- Visual Basic (Classic), the original version which was released in 1991 and supported 16-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows.
- Embedded Visual Basic, a version of Visual Basic Classic which was used for creating embedded applications.
- Visual Basic for Applications, an implementation of Visual Basic Classic built in to programs such as Microsoft Office.
- VBScript, an active scripting language based on Visual Basic 6 (Classic).