Definition:Basic Open Set

Definition
Let $T = \struct {S, \tau}$ be a topological space.

Let $\BB \subseteq \tau$ be a basis for $T$.

Let $U \in \BB$.

Then $U$ is a basic open set of $T$.

That is, a basic open set of a topology is an open set of that topology which is an element of a basis for that topology.

The basis itself needs to be specified for this definition to make sense.