QBasic

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BASIC dialect interpreted language programming language

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
QBASIC	1
QBasic canonical	1
QBasic interpreter	1

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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ
characterEncoding	ASCII ⓘ
designedFor	MS-DOS ⓘ PC DOS ⓘ linked to: MS-DOS
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 ⓘ linked to: MS-DOS MS-DOS 6.0 ⓘ linked to: MS-DOS MS-DOS 6.2 ⓘ linked to: MS-DOS MS-DOS 6.22 ⓘ linked to: MS-DOS Windows 95 (DOS mode) ⓘ linked to: Windows 95
influencedBy	QuickBASIC ⓘ
languageFamily	BASIC family ⓘ linked to: BASIC
license	proprietary software ⓘ
notableExamplePrograms	Gorillas ⓘ linked to: Gorilla Nibbles ⓘ
operatingSystem	MS-DOS ⓘ PC DOS ⓘ linked to: MS-DOS
primaryImplementation	QBasic interpreter ⓘ linked to: QBasic
programmingParadigm	procedural programming ⓘ
relatedTo	GW-BASIC ⓘ QuickBASIC ⓘ
releaseDate	1991 ⓘ
successor	Visual Basic ⓘ
supports	FUNCTION procedures ⓘ SUB procedures ⓘ line labels instead of line numbers ⓘ user-defined types ⓘ
targetPlatform	IBM PC compatible ⓘ
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

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

QuickBASIC → successor → QBasic ⓘ

FreeBASIC → influencedBy → QBASIC ⓘ

linked to: QBasic

QBasic → primaryImplementation → QBasic interpreter ⓘ