Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

The Force
     
        A {data parallel} language by Harry Jordan
         which extends {Fortran} for
        {shared memory} {multiprocessor}s.  It features parallel
        "case" statements and {critical section}s.
     
        ["The Force", H. Jordan, in "The Characteristics of Parallel
        Algorithms", L. Jamieson et al eds, MIT Press 1987,
        pp. 395-436].
     
        (1994-12-14)