QBasic
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QBasic is a simplified, interpreter-based version of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft, widely used in the early 1990s for learning programming and creating simple DOS applications.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10427218 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: QBasic Context triple: [QuickBASIC, successor, QBasic]
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A.
QuickBASIC
QuickBASIC is an integrated development environment and compiler for the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s for learning programming and developing DOS applications.
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B.
GW-BASIC
GW-BASIC is an early Microsoft dialect of the BASIC programming language, widely used on DOS systems in the 1980s for learning programming and creating simple applications and games.
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C.
Liberty BASIC
Liberty BASIC is an easy-to-use, Windows-focused implementation of the BASIC programming language designed for beginners and hobbyist developers to create simple applications.
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D.
BASIC-PLUS
BASIC-PLUS is an extended, timesharing-oriented variant of the BASIC programming language developed for DEC’s PDP-11 systems, notable for adding structured programming features and system-specific enhancements.
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E.
CBASIC
CBASIC is an early commercial implementation of the BASIC programming language, widely used on microcomputers in the late 1970s and early 1980s for business and application development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: QBasic Target entity description: QBasic is a simplified, interpreter-based version of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft, widely used in the early 1990s for learning programming and creating simple DOS applications.
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A.
QuickBASIC
QuickBASIC is an integrated development environment and compiler for the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s for learning programming and developing DOS applications.
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B.
GW-BASIC
GW-BASIC is an early Microsoft dialect of the BASIC programming language, widely used on DOS systems in the 1980s for learning programming and creating simple applications and games.
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C.
Liberty BASIC
Liberty BASIC is an easy-to-use, Windows-focused implementation of the BASIC programming language designed for beginners and hobbyist developers to create simple applications.
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D.
BASIC-PLUS
BASIC-PLUS is an extended, timesharing-oriented variant of the BASIC programming language developed for DEC’s PDP-11 systems, notable for adding structured programming features and system-specific enhancements.
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E.
CBASIC
CBASIC is an early commercial implementation of the BASIC programming language, widely used on microcomputers in the late 1970s and early 1980s for business and application development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BASIC dialect
ⓘ
interpreted language ⓘ programming language ⓘ |
| basedOn | BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterEncoding | ASCII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
MS-DOS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PC DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionMedium | floppy disk ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with operating system ⓘ |
| doesNotSupport |
separate compiler
ⓘ
standalone EXE generation ⓘ |
| executionModel | interpreted ⓘ |
| feature |
debugger
ⓘ
integrated editor ⓘ structured programming constructs ⓘ syntax highlighting ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .BAS ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | popular beginner language in the early 1990s ⓘ |
| includedWith |
MS-DOS 5.0
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MS-DOS 6.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ MS-DOS 6.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ MS-DOS 6.22 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 95 (DOS mode) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | QuickBASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | BASIC family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableExamplePrograms |
Gorillas
GENERATED
ⓘ
Nibbles GENERATED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
MS-DOS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PC DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryImplementation | QBasic interpreter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingParadigm | procedural programming ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
GW-BASIC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
QuickBASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| successor | Visual Basic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
FUNCTION procedures
ⓘ
SUB procedures ⓘ line labels instead of line numbers ⓘ user-defined types ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | IBM PC compatible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment | text-mode IDE ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline | static typing ⓘ |
| useCase |
creating simple DOS applications
ⓘ
creating simple games ⓘ introductory programming education ⓘ teaching programming ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: QBasic Description of subject: QBasic is a simplified, interpreter-based version of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft, widely used in the early 1990s for learning programming and creating simple DOS applications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
QBASIC