xterm
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xterm is a widely used terminal emulator for the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems, known for its long history and role as a de facto standard.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| xterm canonical | 2 |
| xterm terminal emulator | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1936195 — 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: xterm Context triple: [Terminal (macOS), relatedTo, xterm]
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A.
GNOME Terminal
GNOME Terminal is the default terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a command-line interface with support for multiple profiles, tabs, and modern terminal features.
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B.
Terminal
Terminal is the built-in command-line interface application for macOS that allows users to interact with the operating system using text-based commands.
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C.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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D.
Terminal C
Terminal C is one of the passenger terminals at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, serving as a hub for various international and domestic flights.
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E.
Terminal C
Terminal C is one of the passenger terminals at Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Ezeiza), serving as a key facility for airline operations and traveler services.
- 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: xterm Target entity description: xterm is a widely used terminal emulator for the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems, known for its long history and role as a de facto standard.
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A.
GNOME Terminal
GNOME Terminal is the default terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a command-line interface with support for multiple profiles, tabs, and modern terminal features.
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B.
Terminal
Terminal is the built-in command-line interface application for macOS that allows users to interact with the operating system using text-based commands.
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C.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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D.
Terminal C
Terminal C is one of the passenger terminals at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, serving as a hub for various international and domestic flights.
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E.
Terminal C
Terminal C is one of the main passenger terminals at Boston Logan International Airport, serving numerous domestic and some international flights with a variety of airlines and amenities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X Window System application
ⓘ
free software ⓘ terminal emulator ⓘ |
| developer | Thomas E. Dickey ⓘ |
| genre | terminal emulator ⓘ |
| implements |
VT100 terminal emulation
ⓘ
VT220 terminal emulation ⓘ VT320 terminal emulation ⓘ VT420 terminal emulation (partial) ⓘ |
| includedIn |
X.Org distribution
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many Unix distributions ⓘ |
| influenced |
GNOME Terminal
ⓘ
Konsole terminal emulator ⓘ
surface form:
Konsole
rxvt ⓘ urxvt (rxvt-unicode) ⓘ xterm-compatible terminal emulators ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1980s ⓘ |
| license | MIT-style license ⓘ |
| maintainer | Thomas E. Dickey ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive configuration via X resources and command-line options
ⓘ
long-term backward compatibility with older terminal types ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ macOS (via XQuartz or other X servers) ⓘ |
| origin | MIT X Consortium ⓘ |
| partOf |
X11
ⓘ
surface form:
X Window System
|
| platform | X11 ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| role | de facto standard terminal emulator for X Window System ⓘ |
| supports |
256-color mode
ⓘ
ANSI escape codes ⓘ UTF-8 encoding ⓘ X11 resources for configuration ⓘ bold and underline attributes ⓘ color output ⓘ copy and paste via X selections ⓘ dynamic colors via escape sequences ⓘ keyboard customization ⓘ logging of terminal output ⓘ mouse reporting ⓘ multiple character sets ⓘ multiple fonts ⓘ reverse video ⓘ scrollback buffer ⓘ secure keyboard mode ⓘ true color (24-bit color) ⓘ wide characters ⓘ |
| website | https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ ⓘ |
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: xterm Description of subject: xterm is a widely used terminal emulator for the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems, known for its long history and role as a de facto standard.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
VT100
this entity surface form:
xterm terminal emulator