DCOM
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DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) is a Microsoft technology that extends COM to support communication among software components over a network, enabling distributed, component-based applications.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DCOM canonical | 3 |
| DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) | 1 |
| Distributed COM | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1612062 — 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: DCOM Context triple: [ActiveX, relatedTo, DCOM]
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A.
CIM
CIM is the Spanish acronym for the Inter-American Commission of Women, a specialized organization within the Organization of American States dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality in the Americas.
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B.
MCICOM
MCICOM is the United States Marine Corps command responsible for overseeing, managing, and supporting Marine Corps installations worldwide.
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C.
ExCom
ExCom is the Executive Committee of the UNHCR High Commissioner’s Programme, the main intergovernmental body that advises on and approves the agency’s policies and budget for refugee protection and assistance.
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D.
DDC
DDC is a widely used library classification system that organizes books and other materials into numbered subject categories for easy retrieval.
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E.
DCC
DCC is a public community college located in Dutchess County, New York, offering two-year degree and certificate programs.
- 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: DCOM Target entity description: DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) is a Microsoft technology that extends COM to support communication among software components over a network, enabling distributed, component-based applications.
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A.
CIM
CIM is the Spanish acronym for the Inter-American Commission of Women, a specialized organization within the Organization of American States dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality in the Americas.
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B.
MCICOM
MCICOM is the United States Marine Corps command responsible for overseeing, managing, and supporting Marine Corps installations worldwide.
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C.
ExCom
ExCom is the Executive Committee of the UNHCR High Commissioner’s Programme, the main intergovernmental body that advises on and approves the agency’s policies and budget for refugee protection and assistance.
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D.
DDC
DDC is a widely used library classification system that organizes books and other materials into numbered subject categories for easy retrieval.
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E.
DCC
DCC is a public community college located in Dutchess County, New York, offering two-year degree and certificate programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft technology
ⓘ
distributed computing technology ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Distributed Component Object Model ⓘ |
| basedOn | Component Object Model ⓘ |
| category |
distributed object technology
ⓘ
middleware ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
ⓘ
surface form:
CORBA
Java RMI ⓘ |
| configuredVia | DCOMCNFG tool ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentation |
Microsoft Docs
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
|
| enables |
communication among software components over a network
ⓘ
remote procedure calls between COM components ⓘ |
| extends | COM ⓘ |
| fullName | Distributed Component Object Model ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Microsoft in the 1990s ⓘ |
| operatesOver |
TCP/IP
ⓘ
network protocols ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| predecessorOf | .NET distributed technologies ⓘ |
| provides |
activation of remote COM objects
ⓘ
marshaling of parameters across process boundaries ⓘ security mechanisms for remote calls ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
.NET Remoting
ⓘ
ActiveX ⓘ COM+ ⓘ OLE ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Windows 2000
ⓘ
Windows NT ⓘ Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server family
Windows XP ⓘ |
| securityModel | integrated with Windows authentication and authorization ⓘ |
| status | legacy technology ⓘ |
| supersededBy | .NET-based distributed technologies ⓘ |
| supports |
authentication levels
ⓘ
binary component interfaces ⓘ component-based applications ⓘ distributed applications ⓘ encryption for remote calls ⓘ impersonation levels ⓘ location transparency for COM objects ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
enterprise distributed client-server applications
ⓘ
remote automation of Windows applications ⓘ |
| uses |
CLSIDs to identify components
ⓘ
Microsoft RPC ⓘ Remote Procedure Call ⓘ Windows registry for configuration ⓘ interfaces defined in IDL ⓘ |
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: DCOM Description of subject: DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) is a Microsoft technology that extends COM to support communication among software components over a network, enabling distributed, component-based applications.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Distributed COM