RFC 951
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RFC 951 is the Internet standard document that specifies the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) used for automatic IP address assignment and basic network configuration of diskless or minimally configured hosts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 951 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1866792 — 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: RFC 951 Context triple: [BOOTP, definedIn, RFC 951]
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A.
RFC 950
RFC 950 is an Internet standard that defines the procedures and format for subnetting IP networks, extending the original IPv4 addressing scheme.
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B.
RFC 1195
RFC 1195 is the IETF standard that extends the IS-IS routing protocol to support multiple network layer protocols, including IP.
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C.
RFC 973
RFC 973 is an early Internet standards document that refines and extends the domain name system concepts introduced in RFC 882.
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D.
RFC 1094
RFC 1094 is the original specification document that standardizes the Network File System (NFS) protocol used for remote file access over a network.
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E.
RFC 903
RFC 903 is the Internet standard document that specifies the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP), which maps link-layer (hardware) addresses to IP addresses in early TCP/IP networks.
- 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: RFC 951 Target entity description: RFC 951 is the Internet standard document that specifies the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) used for automatic IP address assignment and basic network configuration of diskless or minimally configured hosts.
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A.
RFC 950
RFC 950 is an Internet standard that defines the procedures and format for subnetting IP networks, extending the original IPv4 addressing scheme.
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B.
RFC 1195
RFC 1195 is the IETF standard that extends the IS-IS routing protocol to support multiple network layer protocols, including IP.
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C.
RFC 973
RFC 973 is an early Internet standards document that refines and extends the domain name system concepts introduced in RFC 882.
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D.
RFC 1094
RFC 1094 is the original specification document that standardizes the Network File System (NFS) protocol used for remote file access over a network.
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E.
RFC 903
RFC 903 is the Internet standard document that specifies the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP), which maps link-layer (hardware) addresses to IP addresses in early TCP/IP networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet standard document
ⓘ
Request for Comments ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BOOTP ⓘ |
| category | Internet protocol specification ⓘ |
| defines |
BOOTP broadcast usage
ⓘ
BOOTP client behavior ⓘ BOOTP client initialization process ⓘ BOOTP client-server model ⓘ BOOTP configuration file name option ⓘ BOOTP message formats ⓘ BOOTP operation codes ⓘ BOOTP packet fields ⓘ BOOTP relay agent behavior ⓘ BOOTP retransmission strategy ⓘ BOOTP server behavior ⓘ BOOTP ⓘ
surface form:
BOOTP server selection rules
BOOTP vendor-specific area ⓘ automatic IP address assignment mechanism ⓘ basic network configuration for hosts ⓘ |
| field |
Internet protocols
ⓘ
computer networking ⓘ |
| hostType |
diskless hosts
ⓘ
minimally configured hosts ⓘ |
| influenced |
DHCP
ⓘ
surface form:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
RFC 2131 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| networkScope | IPv4 ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | RFC 1542 ⓘ |
| protocolName |
BOOTP
ⓘ
surface form:
Bootstrap Protocol
|
| protocolType | network layer configuration protocol ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| publishedInSeries |
RFCs
ⓘ
surface form:
Request for Comments
|
| relatedTo |
DHCP
ⓘ
RFC 1542 ⓘ |
| runsOver | UDP ⓘ |
| shortTitle | BOOTP ⓘ |
| specifies |
BOOTP
ⓘ
surface form:
Bootstrap Protocol
|
| status | obsoleted ⓘ |
| title |
BOOTP
ⓘ
surface form:
Bootstrap Protocol
|
| usedFor |
automatic IP address assignment
ⓘ
basic network configuration ⓘ bootstrapping diskless hosts ⓘ bootstrapping minimally configured hosts ⓘ |
| usesTransportPort |
UDP port 67
ⓘ
UDP port 68 ⓘ |
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: RFC 951 Description of subject: RFC 951 is the Internet standard document that specifies the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) used for automatic IP address assignment and basic network configuration of diskless or minimally configured hosts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.