What is Visual Basic?

[Jack]

Define VB?

[HAIK]

A Programming Language

[Alderis]

Visual Basic (VB) is an event driven programming language and associated development environment created by Microsoft. It is derived heavily from BASIC. VB enables Rapid Application Development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, easy access to databases using DAO, RDO, or ADO, and easy creation of ActiveX controls. A programmer can quickly put together an application using the components provided with Visual Basic itself.

[ANANDAKUMAR R]

A visual given for the Basic Language with more options like DAO {Data Access Object}, RDO {Remote Data Object} and ADO {ActiveX Data Object}. It also has many features like creating the user controls, dll's and etc