<s>
OpenOffice	B-Operating_System
Basic	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
StarOffice	B-Operating_System
Basic	I-Operating_System
or	O
StarBasic	B-Operating_System
or	O
OOoBasic	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
BASIC	O
that	O
originated	O
with	O
the	O
StarOffice	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
and	O
spread	O
through	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
and	O
derivatives	O
such	O
as	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
and	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
(	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
LibreOffice	B-Operating_System
Basic	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
a	O
domain-specific	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
which	O
specifically	O
serves	O
the	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
application	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
OpenOffice	B-Operating_System
Basic	I-Operating_System
is	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
dialects	O
of	O
BASIC	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
(	O
VBA	B-Language
)	O
,	O
the	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
is	O
very	O
different	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
example	O
below	O
of	O
a	O
macro	O
illustrates	O
.	O
</s>
