Gecko

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layout engine open-source software web browser engine

Gecko is Mozilla’s open-source web browser engine that powers the rendering and functionality of Firefox and several other applications.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Gecko canonical	12

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1166499 — 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: Gecko
Context triple: [Mozilla Firefox, engine, Gecko]

A. Boas
Boas is a surname most prominently associated with Franz Boas, the pioneering anthropologist often regarded as the father of American anthropology.
B. Grenouilles
Grenouilles is one of the prestigious Grand Cru vineyard sites in the Chablis wine region of Burgundy, France, known for producing high-quality Chardonnay wines.
C. Frog
Frog is the internal codename used by Apple for the Macintosh SE personal computer during its development.
D. Tarantula
Tarantula is an experimental, stream-of-consciousness prose poetry book by Bob Dylan, reflecting his surreal and avant-garde literary style of the 1960s.
E. Richie Gecko
Richie Gecko is a violent, psychopathic criminal and one half of the infamous Gecko brothers in the horror-crime franchise "From Dusk Till Dawn."
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: Gecko
Target entity description: Gecko is Mozilla’s open-source web browser engine that powers the rendering and functionality of Firefox and several other applications.

A. Boas
Boas is a surname most prominently associated with Franz Boas, the pioneering anthropologist often regarded as the father of American anthropology.
B. Grenouilles
Grenouilles is one of the prestigious Grand Cru vineyard sites in the Chablis wine region of Burgundy, France, known for producing high-quality Chardonnay wines.
C. Frog
Frog is the internal codename used by Apple for the Macintosh SE personal computer during its development.
D. Tarantula
Tarantula is an experimental, stream-of-consciousness prose poetry book by Bob Dylan, reflecting his surreal and avant-garde literary style of the 1960s.
E. Richie Gecko
Richie Gecko is a violent, psychopathic criminal and one half of the infamous Gecko brothers in the horror-crime franchise "From Dusk Till Dawn."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	layout engine ⓘ open-source software ⓘ web browser engine ⓘ
componentOf	Firefox browser platform ⓘ linked to: Mozilla Firefox
developer	Mozilla Corporation ⓘ linked to: Mozilla Foundation Mozilla Foundation ⓘ
feature	accessibility APIs support ⓘ hardware-accelerated rendering ⓘ incremental layout ⓘ internationalization and localization support ⓘ multi-process architecture (Electrolysis / e10s) ⓘ sandboxing ⓘ
implements	CSS3 specification (large subset) ⓘ ECMAScript (JavaScript) specification ⓘ linked to: ECMAScript HTML5 specification (large subset) ⓘ linked to: HTML5
initialReleaseYear	1997 ⓘ
license	GPL ⓘ linked to: GNU General Public License LGPL ⓘ linked to: GNU Lesser General Public License MPL 2.0 ⓘ
maintainer	Mozilla community ⓘ linked to: Mozilla
originalName	NGLayout ⓘ linked to: Gecko layout engine
partOf	Mozilla application platform ⓘ linked to: Mozilla
programmingLanguage	C++ ⓘ Rust ⓘ
replaces	Netscape layout engine (historical) ⓘ
repository	https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ ⓘ
supports	CSS ⓘ DOM ⓘ HTML ⓘ HTTP ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ SVG ⓘ WebAssembly ⓘ linked to: WebAssembly specification WebGL ⓘ
supportsAPI	Service Workers ⓘ WebExtensions (via Firefox) ⓘ linked to: WebExtensions API WebRTC ⓘ
supportsPlatform	Android ⓘ Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ
supportsStandard	W3C web standards ⓘ WHATWG HTML Living Standard ⓘ linked to: HTML Living Standard
usedBy	Mozilla Firefox ⓘ Pale Moon (historically, via Goanna fork) ⓘ SeaMonkey ⓘ linked to: Mozilla SeaMonkey Thunderbird ⓘ Tor Browser ⓘ linked to: The Tor Project Waterfox ⓘ