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'''Forte/Forté''' may refer to:
*Forte, an individual's strongest talent or greatest strength ("Preparing gourmet cuisine is his forte")
*[[Forte (music)]], a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong"
*[[Forte (fencing)]], a fencing term for the "strong" part of the blade
*[[Forte (film)]], a defunct manufacturer of sheet film
*[[Trust House Forte]], a British hotel and catering firm
== People ==
'''Forte/Forté''' is a human surname of:
*[[Allen Forte]] (1926-), an American music theorist and musicologist
*[[Bruno Forte]] (1949-), an Italian theologian and ecclesiastic
*[[Charles Forte, Baron Forte]] (1908-2007), a famous hotelier
*[[Sir Rocco Forte]], son of Charles Forte, Baron Forte who inherited the hotel business
*[[John Forté]] (1975-), an imprisoned musician.
*[[Joe Forte]], an American writer and painter
*[[Joseph Xavier "Joe" Forte]], an American professional basketball player
*[[Will Forte]] (1970-), Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV, a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live''
*[[Jonathan Forte]] (1985-), an English football player, playing for Scunthorpe United F.C.
=== Fictional characters ===
In some fictional stories, writers choose to use fanciful words such as Forte or Forté as given names. Characters with such names include:
*Forté, a character in ''[[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]''
*[[Bass (Mega Man)]], a fictional video game character whose name in Japan is "Forte"
*[[Bass.EXE]], a fictional character from the [[MegaMan NT Warrior]] series who is based of his video game counterpart. His name in Japan is also "Forte"
*[[Forte Stollen]], a fictional character from the Galaxy Angel anime
*The dog named Forte appears on ''[[Quintet]]''.
== Technology ==
*[[FORTE (satellite)]], the Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events satellite
*[[Forte 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
== Company ==
*[[Forte Land]], a large-scale real estate company in Shanghai, China
*[[Forte Group]], a former British hotel company
*Forte Films, an up and coming video production company
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