Thunderbolt
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Thunderbolt is a high-speed hardware interface standard developed by Intel and Apple that combines data, video, audio, and power transmission over a single cable, commonly used for connecting peripherals to computers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thunderbolt canonical | 10 |
| Thunderbolt 4 | 9 |
| Thunderbolt 3 | 6 |
| Thunderbolt 2 | 5 |
| Thunderbolt 1 | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T139589 — 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: Thunderbolt Context triple: [Lynx, competesWith, Thunderbolt]
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A.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
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B.
N Reactor
N Reactor was a dual-purpose plutonium production and power-generating nuclear reactor at the Hanford Site in Washington, notable for its graphite-moderated, water-cooled design and role in the U.S. Cold War weapons program.
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C.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
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D.
Edge
Edge is Microsoft’s modern web browser designed to be fast, secure, and integrated with the Windows ecosystem and Microsoft services.
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E.
TNT
TNT is an American cable television network known for airing sports, movies, and original drama programming.
- 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: Thunderbolt Target entity description: Thunderbolt is a high-speed hardware interface standard developed by Intel and Apple that combines data, video, audio, and power transmission over a single cable, commonly used for connecting peripherals to computers.
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A.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
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B.
N Reactor
N Reactor was a dual-purpose plutonium production and power-generating nuclear reactor at the Hanford Site in Washington, notable for its graphite-moderated, water-cooled design and role in the U.S. Cold War weapons program.
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C.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
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D.
Edge
Edge is Microsoft’s modern web browser designed to be fast, secure, and integrated with the Windows ecosystem and Microsoft services.
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E.
TNT
TNT is an American cable television network known for airing sports, movies, and original drama programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Thunderbolt version
ⓘ
Thunderbolt version ⓘ Thunderbolt version ⓘ Thunderbolt version ⓘ computer hardware interface standard ⓘ peripheral connectivity technology ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith | Mini DisplayPort video devices (via appropriate ports/cables) ⓘ |
| basedOn |
DisplayPort
ⓘ
PCI Express ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedWith |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac computers
high-performance PCs ⓘ |
| connectorType |
USB-C
ⓘ
USB-C ⓘ |
| connects |
computers
ⓘ
peripheral devices ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
Intel Corporation ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
|
| enables |
high-bandwidth external storage arrays
ⓘ
single-cable docking solutions ⓘ |
| firstReleased | 2011 ⓘ |
| marketedAs | high-speed I/O interface ⓘ |
| maxDataRate |
10 Gbit/s
ⓘ
20 Gbit/s ⓘ 40 Gbit/s ⓘ 40 Gbit/s ⓘ |
| originalCodeName | Light Peak ⓘ |
| powerDeliveryCapability | up to 10 watts in early versions ⓘ |
| supports |
audio transmission
ⓘ
data transmission ⓘ power delivery ⓘ video transmission ⓘ |
| supportsDaisyChaining | up to six devices ⓘ |
| supportsDisplayConfigurations | multiple external monitors (depending on version and implementation) ⓘ |
| supportsHotPlug | true ⓘ |
| supportsProtocolTunneling |
DisplayPort
ⓘ
PCI Express ⓘ USB ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
connecting docking stations
ⓘ
connecting external GPUs ⓘ connecting external displays ⓘ connecting external storage devices ⓘ |
| usedConnectorInVersion1And2 | Mini DisplayPort connector ⓘ |
| usedConnectorInVersion3 | USB-C connector ⓘ |
| usedConnectorInVersion4 | USB-C connector ⓘ |
| uses | single cable for multiple signal types ⓘ |
| version |
Thunderbolt
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Thunderbolt 1
Thunderbolt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Thunderbolt 2
Thunderbolt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Thunderbolt 3
Thunderbolt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Thunderbolt Description of subject: Thunderbolt is a high-speed hardware interface standard developed by Intel and Apple that combines data, video, audio, and power transmission over a single cable, commonly used for connecting peripherals to computers.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 3
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 1
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 2
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 3
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 3
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 3
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 2
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 3
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
subject surface form:
Mini DisplayPort
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 1
subject surface form:
Mini DisplayPort
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 2
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 1
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 2
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 4
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 2
subject surface form:
Apple Thunderbolt Display
subject surface form:
Apple Thunderbolt Display
this entity surface form:
Thunderbolt 1