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101
Simple
Staple
English
Low-tech
Alkaline
Unadorned
No-frills
Principal
Bare-bones
Elementary
Plain-Jane
Underlying
C ancestor
Elemental.
Essential.
Rudimentary
Fundamental
Irreducible
Foundational
Training ___
Not advanced
Unembellished
Like a primer
Easy to grasp
Kind of black
Down to earth.
Kind of cable?
Type of cable?
Free of frills
Without frills
Nuts and bolts
Straightforward
Having a high pH
Kind of instinct
Bread-and-butter
Like easy chords
Like the A B C's
Type of instinct
Type of training
Kind of training
Computer language
Like a 101 course
Like some English
Not hard to grasp
Meat-and-potatoes
Meant for children
Like "101" courses
Easy to understand
Like some training
Ciara "___ Instinct
Unadorned or simple
Conformist, in slang
101, in course names
Kind of Army training
101, in a course name
Having a high pH, e.g.
Not difficult to grasp
Like some lab solutions
Early computer language
Standard or foundational
Word in 101 course names
Microsoft's first product
Like a course labeled "101
Early programming language
Computer language from 1964
GI's post-induction training
Reduced to the simplest form
Turning phenolphthalein pink
Old-school computer language
Involving only main features
Elementary — without extras
Language created in the 1960s
___ training (boot camp regimen)
Acronymic computer language name
Kind of training in the military
Like a college course labeled "101
Army private's training, familiarly
Rudimentary — programming language
Early, simple-to-learn computer language
Programming language that prioritized ease of use
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