Digital Research
E189529
Digital Research was a pioneering software company best known for creating early microcomputer operating systems such as CP/M and its 16-bit variants.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Digital Research canonical | 11 |
| Digital Research operating systems | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1674770 — 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: Digital Research Context triple: [CP/M-86, developer, Digital Research]
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A.
Web Science Research Initiative
The Web Science Research Initiative is an academic and interdisciplinary organization dedicated to studying the social, technical, and scientific aspects of the World Wide Web.
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B.
Research First
Research First is the guiding motto of Tohoku University, emphasizing the institution’s primary commitment to advancing scholarly inquiry and innovation.
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C.
Social Research Library
The Social Research Library is a specialized branch of the UC Berkeley Library system that supports scholarship in the social sciences with focused collections and research services.
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D.
Information Technology and Web Science
Information Technology and Web Science is a multidisciplinary academic program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that integrates computing, data science, and the study of the web’s technical and societal impacts.
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E.
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on the study and advancement of information systems and their impact on organizations and society.
- 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: Digital Research Target entity description: Digital Research was a pioneering software company best known for creating early microcomputer operating systems such as CP/M and its 16-bit variants.
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A.
Web Science Research Initiative
The Web Science Research Initiative is an academic and interdisciplinary organization dedicated to studying the social, technical, and scientific aspects of the World Wide Web.
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B.
Research First
Research First is the guiding motto of Tohoku University, emphasizing the institution’s primary commitment to advancing scholarly inquiry and innovation.
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C.
Social Research Library
The Social Research Library is a specialized branch of the UC Berkeley Library system that supports scholarship in the social sciences with focused collections and research services.
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D.
Information Technology and Web Science
Information Technology and Web Science is a multidisciplinary academic program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that integrates computing, data science, and the study of the web’s technical and societal impacts.
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E.
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on the study and advancement of information systems and their impact on organizations and society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer company
ⓘ
software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Novell ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ early 1990s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed | BIOS interface for CP/M ⓘ |
| fate | acquired ⓘ |
| focus | microcomputer operating systems ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Gary Kildall ⓘ |
| founder | Gary Kildall ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Pacific Grove, California ⓘ |
| industry | software ⓘ |
| influenced |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form:
PC DOS
|
| keyPerson |
Dorothy Kildall
ⓘ
Gary Kildall ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CP/M
ⓘ
surface form:
CP/M operating system
early microcomputer operating systems ⓘ |
| location |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| notableWork |
CP/M
ⓘ
CP/M ⓘ
surface form:
CP/M-80
CP/M-86 ⓘ CP/M-Plus ⓘ Concurrent CP/M ⓘ Concurrent DOS ⓘ DR DOS ⓘ GEM ⓘ GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ
surface form:
GEM Desktop
Concurrent DOS ⓘ
surface form:
Multiuser DOS
|
| operatingSystemFamily |
CP/M
ⓘ
surface form:
CP/M family
DOS-compatible operating systems ⓘ |
| product |
CP/M
ⓘ
CP/M-86 ⓘ DR DOS ⓘ GEM ⓘ |
| productType |
graphical user interface
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ |
| successor | Novell ⓘ |
| targetArchitecture |
Intel 80286
ⓘ
Intel 8080 ⓘ Intel 8086 ⓘ Intel 8088 ⓘ Zilog Z80 ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
16-bit microcomputers
ⓘ
8-bit microcomputers ⓘ |
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: Digital Research Description of subject: Digital Research was a pioneering software company best known for creating early microcomputer operating systems such as CP/M and its 16-bit variants.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Digital Research operating systems