Harvard Mark II
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Harvard Mark II was an early electromechanical computer built at Harvard University in the 1940s as a faster, more advanced successor to the Harvard Mark I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harvard Mark II canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17022702 — 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: Harvard Mark II Context triple: [Harvard Mark I, influenced, Harvard Mark II]
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Harvard Mark III computer
The Harvard Mark III computer was an early electromechanical/digital hybrid computer developed in the late 1940s that advanced stored-program concepts and military computation at Harvard University.
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B.
Harvard Mark IV computer
The Harvard Mark IV computer was an early fully electronic, stored-program computer built at Harvard University in the late 1940s–early 1950s as part of the Mark series of pioneering computing machines.
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Harvard Mark I computer
The Harvard Mark I computer was an early electromechanical, general-purpose computer built during World War II that pioneered the separation of data and instruction storage later known as the Harvard architecture.
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UNIVAC II
UNIVAC II was an early second-generation mainframe computer developed in the 1950s as a successor to the original UNIVAC, offering improved performance and reliability for commercial and government data processing.
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UNIVAC I
UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
- 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: Harvard Mark II Target entity description: Harvard Mark II was an early electromechanical computer built at Harvard University in the 1940s as a faster, more advanced successor to the Harvard Mark I.
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A.
Harvard Mark III computer
The Harvard Mark III computer was an early electromechanical/digital hybrid computer developed in the late 1940s that advanced stored-program concepts and military computation at Harvard University.
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B.
Harvard Mark IV computer
The Harvard Mark IV computer was an early fully electronic, stored-program computer built at Harvard University in the late 1940s–early 1950s as part of the Mark series of pioneering computing machines.
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C.
Harvard Mark I computer
The Harvard Mark I computer was an early electromechanical, general-purpose computer built during World War II that pioneered the separation of data and instruction storage later known as the Harvard architecture.
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D.
UNIVAC II
UNIVAC II was an early second-generation mainframe computer developed in the 1950s as a successor to the original UNIVAC, offering improved performance and reliability for commercial and government data processing.
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E.
UNIVAC I
UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Harvard Mark I computer
subject linked to:
Harvard Mark III computer
subject linked to:
Harvard Mark III computer