Forte Explained

Forte or Forté may refer to:

Music

• Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong"
• Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set
• Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs
• Forte (vocal group), a classical crossover singing trio

Computing

• Forté 4GL, a proprietary application server
• Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system
• Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems
• NetBeans IDE, formerly Forté for Java

Companies

• Forte Design Systems, an American software company
• Forte Group, a former British hotel company
• Forté Internet Software, makers of Forté Agent
• Forte Land, a Chinese large-scale real estate company
• Forte Oil PLC, former name of Ardova Plc, a Nigerian energy group
• Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm

Fictional characters

• Forte Stollen, a character from the Galaxy Angel anime
• Bass (Mega Man), a character in Mega Man known as "Forte" in Japanese
• Bass.EXE, a character from the MegaMan NT Warrior series known as "Forte" in Japanese
• Forte, a character in

Ships

• , various Royal Navy ships
• Forte-class frigate, two French Navy warships
  • French frigate Forte (1794), in service 1794–1801

Other uses

• Forte (surname)
• 8780 Forte, an asteroid
• FORTE, Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events satellite
• Forte (fencing), a fencing term for the "strong" part of the blade
• Forte (typeface), included in various editions of Microsoft Office
• Forte (horse), an American thoroughbred race horse
• Kia Forte, a mid-size sedan car
• Mitsubishi Forte, original name of the Mitsubishi Triton, a mid-size pickup truck
• FC Forte Taganrog, a Russiang football club based in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast

See also

• Fort (disambiguation)
• Fortes, a surname