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'''PowerHouse''' is a [[Bytecode|byte-compiled]] [[fourth-generation programming language]] (or 4GL) originally produced by Quasar Corporation (later renamed [[Cognos]] Incorporated) for the [[Hewlett-Packard]] ''[[HP3000]]'' mini-computer, as well as Data General and DEC [[VAX/VMS]] systems. It was initially composed of five components:

* ''QDD, or Quasar Data Dictionary'': for building a central data dictionary used by all other components

* ''QDesign'': a character-based [[screen generator]]

* ''Quick'': an interactive, character-based screen processor (running screens generated by QDesign)

* ''Quiz'': a report writer