QuickBASIC
E245817
BASIC compiler
BASIC interpreter
integrated development environment
programming tool
software version
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.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| QuickBASIC canonical | 6 |
| QBASIC | 2 |
| QBasic | 2 |
| QuickBASIC 1.0 | 1 |
| QuickBASIC 2.0 | 1 |
| QuickBASIC 3.0 | 1 |
| QuickBASIC 4.0 | 1 |
| QuickBASIC 4.5 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2206599 — 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: QuickBASIC Context triple: [BASIC, influenced, QuickBASIC]
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A.
Visual Basic
Visual Basic is an event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft, widely used for building Windows applications with a relatively simple, BASIC-derived syntax.
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B.
AmigaBASIC
AmigaBASIC is an early BASIC programming language and development environment for the Amiga computer platform, created by Microsoft and bundled with initial AmigaOS releases.
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C.
VB Commodore
The VB Commodore is the first generation of Holden's mid-size family car line, introduced in 1978 and based on the Opel Rekord/Senator platform for the Australian market.
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D.
Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a once-popular integrated development environment and compiler for the Pascal programming language, known for its fast compilation speed and influence on early PC software development.
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E.
HP BASIC environments
HP BASIC environments are programming and runtime systems developed by Hewlett-Packard for creating and executing BASIC language applications on HP computer platforms.
- 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: QuickBASIC Target entity description: 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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A.
Visual Basic
Visual Basic is an event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft, widely used for building Windows applications with a relatively simple, BASIC-derived syntax.
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B.
AmigaBASIC
AmigaBASIC is an early BASIC programming language and development environment for the Amiga computer platform, created by Microsoft and bundled with initial AmigaOS releases.
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C.
VB Commodore
The VB Commodore is the first generation of Holden's mid-size family car line, introduced in 1978 and based on the Opel Rekord/Senator platform for the Australian market.
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D.
Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a once-popular integrated development environment and compiler for the Pascal programming language, known for its fast compilation speed and influence on early PC software development.
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E.
HP BASIC environments
HP BASIC environments are programming and runtime systems developed by Hewlett-Packard for creating and executing BASIC language applications on HP computer platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BASIC compiler
ⓘ
BASIC interpreter ⓘ integrated development environment ⓘ programming tool ⓘ software version ⓘ |
| architecture | x86 ⓘ |
| basedOn | QuickBASIC ⓘ |
| compilesTo |
.EXE
ⓘ
.OBJ ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | commercial software ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.BAS
ⓘ
.BI ⓘ |
| genre | structured BASIC dialect ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
full-screen text editor
ⓘ
immediate mode execution ⓘ integrated project management ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
QuickBASIC 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
QuickBASIC
QuickBASIC 2.0 ⓘ
linked to:
QuickBASIC
QuickBASIC 3.0 ⓘ
linked to:
QuickBASIC
QuickBASIC 4.0 ⓘ
linked to:
QuickBASIC
QuickBASIC 4.5 ⓘ
linked to:
QuickBASIC
|
| includes |
code editor
ⓘ
compiler ⓘ debugger ⓘ integrated help system ⓘ |
| latestMajorVersion | 4.5 ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
DOS
ⓘ
linked to:
MS-DOS
|
| predecessor |
BASICA
ⓘ
linked to:
BASIC
GW-BASIC ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | BASIC ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runsOn |
IBM PC compatible computers
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC compatible
|
| successor |
QBasic
ⓘ
Visual Basic ⓘ |
| supports |
event-driven input handling
ⓘ
graphics modes ⓘ procedures ⓘ separate compilation of modules ⓘ sound via PC speaker ⓘ structured programming ⓘ user-defined types ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
PC DOS ⓘ
linked to:
MS-DOS
|
| usedFor |
developing DOS applications
ⓘ
educational purposes ⓘ games development ⓘ learning programming ⓘ small business software ⓘ |
| wasPopularIn |
early 1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: QuickBASIC Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: QuickBASIC
linked to: QuickBASIC
linked to: QuickBASIC
linked to: QuickBASIC
linked to: QuickBASIC
linked to: QuickBASIC
linked to: QuickBASIC
linked to: QuickBASIC
subject linked to:
QuickBASIC