Locomotive BASIC
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Locomotive BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language designed for and built into Amstrad home computers, noted for its speed and advanced features for its time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Locomotive BASIC canonical | 4 |
| Locomotive BASIC 1.1 | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5558976 — 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: Locomotive BASIC Context triple: [Amstrad CPC, primaryLanguage, Locomotive BASIC]
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A.
Dartmouth BASIC
Dartmouth BASIC is the original implementation of the BASIC programming language, developed at Dartmouth College in the 1960s to make computing more accessible to students and non-specialists.
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B.
BASICs
BASICs are the key safety performance measures used by the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to evaluate and monitor motor carriers and drivers under its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
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C.
BBC BASIC
BBC BASIC is a variant of the BASIC programming language developed by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, notable for its speed, structured programming features, and widespread use on BBC Micro computers in UK education.
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D.
Microsoft BASIC
Microsoft BASIC is a family of early, widely distributed implementations of the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft for microcomputers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
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.
- 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: Locomotive BASIC Target entity description: Locomotive BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language designed for and built into Amstrad home computers, noted for its speed and advanced features for its time.
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A.
Dartmouth BASIC
Dartmouth BASIC is the original implementation of the BASIC programming language, developed at Dartmouth College in the 1960s to make computing more accessible to students and non-specialists.
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B.
BASICs
BASICs are the key safety performance measures used by the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to evaluate and monitor motor carriers and drivers under its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
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C.
BBC BASIC
BBC BASIC is a variant of the BASIC programming language developed by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, notable for its speed, structured programming features, and widespread use on BBC Micro computers in UK education.
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D.
Microsoft BASIC
Microsoft BASIC is a family of early, widely distributed implementations of the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft for microcomputers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BASIC dialect
ⓘ
programming language interpreter ⓘ |
| basedOn | BASIC ⓘ |
| bundledWith |
Amstrad CPC464
ⓘ
linked to:
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC6128 ⓘ
linked to:
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC664 ⓘ
linked to:
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad PC1512 ⓘ Amstrad PCW8256 ⓘ
linked to:
Amstrad PCW
Amstrad PCW8512 ⓘ
linked to:
Amstrad PCW
|
| designedFor |
Amstrad CPC
ⓘ
Amstrad PC1512 ⓘ Amstrad PCW ⓘ |
| developer | Locomotive Software ⓘ |
| executionEnvironment | ROM ⓘ |
| hasKeyword |
APPEND
ⓘ
CALL ⓘ CHAIN ⓘ CLEAR ⓘ CLOSEIN ⓘ CLOSEOUT ⓘ DRAW ⓘ EDIT ⓘ ELSE ⓘ ENV ⓘ FOR ⓘ GOSUB ⓘ GOTO ⓘ IF ⓘ INPUT ⓘ LIST ⓘ LOAD ⓘ MEMORY ⓘ MODE ⓘ NEXT ⓘ ON ERROR GOTO ⓘ OPENIN ⓘ OPENOUT ⓘ PLOT ⓘ PRINT ⓘ RETURN ⓘ RUN ⓘ SAVE ⓘ SOUND ⓘ THEN ⓘ |
| influenced | Amstrad CPC software ecosystem ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
fast tokenized interpreter
ⓘ
good balance between ease of use and power for 8-bit era ⓘ tight integration with Amstrad firmware ⓘ |
| notedFor |
advanced features for 8-bit home computers
ⓘ
high execution speed for its time ⓘ |
| primaryUserInterface | command-line interpreter ⓘ |
| programmingParadigm |
imperative programming
ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
disk file I/O
ⓘ
error trapping ⓘ floating-point arithmetic ⓘ graphics commands ⓘ inline assembler (via CALL to machine code) ⓘ integer arithmetic ⓘ memory bank switching (on supported models) ⓘ multi-line IF statements ⓘ named procedures ⓘ procedures with parameters ⓘ sound commands ⓘ string handling ⓘ structured IF...THEN...ELSE ⓘ tape file I/O ⓘ user-defined functions ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
16-bit IBM PC compatible
ⓘ
8-bit home computer ⓘ |
| textEncoding | ASCII-compatible character set ⓘ |
| typicalDistribution | built into ROM of Amstrad machines ⓘ |
| usedFor |
educational software on Amstrad computers
ⓘ
games development on Amstrad CPC ⓘ home programming ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Locomotive BASIC Description of subject: Locomotive BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language designed for and built into Amstrad home computers, noted for its speed and advanced features for its time.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Locomotive BASIC
linked to: Locomotive BASIC