Basic

Basic may be:
 BASIC (programming language)
 Basic (chemistry), the opposite to acidic, reacting with acids to form salts
 Basic access authentication in HTTP
 Basic (cigarette), owned by the Altria Group (Philip Morris Company)
 Basic (dance move), the name of the basic dance step in many dances
 Lindy Basic (dance move), in Lindy Hop
 Basic English
 Basic (geology), of rock: containing between 45 and 52% of silica
 Basic (movie), 2003 movie starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson
 Basic (Star Wars), the common interstellar language in the Star Wars universe
 Basic Training or Recruit training is training received by military personnel when first entering service
 Basic is also used as the name for whatever common tongue is usually used between species in many science fiction works
 Basic is a name used to describe the level of certification for an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
 Basic Replay, a record label
 Basic (album), a 1984 album by Robert Quine and Fred Maher (1996 on CD)