Visual Basic is a name for a family of programming languages from Microsoft. It may refer to:
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Visual Basic .NET
Visual Basic, originally called Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language, implemented on .NET, Mono, and the .NET Framework. Microsoft launched VB.NET in 2002 as the successor to its original Visua ...
(now simply referred to as "Visual Basic"), the current version of Visual Basic launched in 2002 which runs on .NET
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Visual Basic (classic)
The original Visual Basic (also referred to as Classic Visual Basic) is a third-generation event-driven programming language from Microsoft known for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model first released in 1991 and declared leg ...
, the original Visual Basic supported from 1991–2008
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Embedded Visual Basic, the classic version geared toward embedded applications
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Visual Basic for Applications
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6.0 built into most desktop Microsoft Office applications. Although based on pre-.NET Visual Basic, which is no longer support ...
, an implementation of Visual Basic 6 built into programs such as Microsoft Office and used for writing macros
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VBScript
VBScript (''"Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition"'') is an Active Scripting language developed by Microsoft that is modeled on Visual Basic. It allows Microsoft Windows system administrators to generate powerful tools for managing computers ...
, an Active Scripting language
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