Desktop Programming Language

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That's the "visual" aspect I guess.  Yes, forms can be designed visually, but you'll still need to assign underlying code (eg, what happens when a button is clicked).
Visual Basic often refers to either VB6 or VB.NET.  The former is somewhat outdated (latest compiler was released in around 1998) and "replaced" by VB.NET, however, some applications such as VBA (MS Office macros) use VB6.
I do a lot of VB6 coding myself and I'd recommend staying away from it personally.  VB.NET is more with the times.  And since it's similar to C# .NET, you might be more familiar with the syntax of the latter.