URLSessionDownloadTask
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URLSessionDownloadTask is a Foundation networking task type in Apple platforms used to download files from a URL to disk, providing progress reporting and background transfer support.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| URLSessionDownloadTask canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17568883 — 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: URLSessionDownloadTask Context triple: [URLSession, hasComponent, URLSessionDownloadTask]
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A.
URLSession
URLSession is Apple’s networking API for performing HTTP and other URL-based data transfers in iOS, macOS, and related platforms.
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B.
WKURLSessionRefreshBackgroundTask
WKURLSessionRefreshBackgroundTask is a WatchKit background task class used to handle URL session-related work, such as processing network transfers, while an Apple Watch app runs in the background.
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C.
WKRefreshBackgroundTask
WKRefreshBackgroundTask is a WatchKit API class used to handle and manage background refresh tasks in watchOS apps.
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D.
Long Tasks API
The Long Tasks API is a web performance interface that helps developers detect and measure main-thread tasks that block the browser for too long, enabling them to identify and optimize sources of jank and poor responsiveness.
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E.
URL (Swift)
URL (Swift) is a Foundation framework type that represents and manipulates Uniform Resource Locators in a type-safe, structured way within Swift applications.
- 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: URLSessionDownloadTask Target entity description: URLSessionDownloadTask is a Foundation networking task type in Apple platforms used to download files from a URL to disk, providing progress reporting and background transfer support.
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A.
URLSession
URLSession is Apple’s networking API for performing HTTP and other URL-based data transfers in iOS, macOS, and related platforms.
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B.
WKURLSessionRefreshBackgroundTask
WKURLSessionRefreshBackgroundTask is a WatchKit background task class used to handle URL session-related work, such as processing network transfers, while an Apple Watch app runs in the background.
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C.
WKRefreshBackgroundTask
WKRefreshBackgroundTask is a WatchKit API class used to handle and manage background refresh tasks in watchOS apps.
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D.
Long Tasks API
The Long Tasks API is a web performance interface that helps developers detect and measure main-thread tasks that block the browser for too long, enabling them to identify and optimize sources of jank and poor responsiveness.
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E.
URL (Swift)
URL (Swift) is a Foundation framework type that represents and manipulates Uniform Resource Locators in a type-safe, structured way within Swift applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.