VB

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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?].

   Latest 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)