Windows 3.x
E219555
Windows 3.x is an early 1990s Microsoft graphical operating environment for PCs that popularized the Windows platform with a GUI running on top of MS-DOS.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows 3.x canonical | 11 |
| Windows 3.0 | 6 |
| Windows 3.1 | 5 |
| Microsoft Windows 3.0 | 2 |
| 16-bit Windows | 1 |
| Microsoft Windows 3.1 | 1 |
| Microsoft Windows 3.11 | 1 |
| Windows 3.0 user interface | 1 |
| Windows 3.1 multimedia extensions | 1 |
| Windows 3.11 | 1 |
| Windows 3.x graphical environment | 1 |
| Windows 3.x visual style | 1 |
| Windows 4.10 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1724673 — 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: Windows 3.x Context triple: [FAT16, commonlyUsedIn, Windows 3.x]
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A.
Windows 2.0
Windows 2.0 is an early graphical operating environment for MS-DOS that introduced overlapping windows, improved memory management, and a more advanced user interface, laying groundwork for later versions of Microsoft Windows.
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B.
Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a family of consumer-oriented Microsoft operating systems based on the Windows 95 codebase, designed for home and small office PCs in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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C.
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a landmark Microsoft operating system released in 1995 that introduced the Start menu, taskbar, and a more user-friendly graphical interface, helping to popularize personal computing.
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D.
Windows 1.0
Windows 1.0 is the first graphical operating environment released by Microsoft for IBM-compatible PCs, introducing a window-based interface on top of MS-DOS.
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E.
OS/2
OS/2 is a 32-bit multitasking operating system originally developed by IBM and Microsoft as a successor to MS-DOS, known for its stability and use in business environments in the late 1980s and 1990s.
- 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: Windows 3.x Target entity description: Windows 3.x is an early 1990s Microsoft graphical operating environment for PCs that popularized the Windows platform with a GUI running on top of MS-DOS.
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A.
Windows 2.0
Windows 2.0 is an early graphical operating environment for MS-DOS that introduced overlapping windows, improved memory management, and a more advanced user interface, laying groundwork for later versions of Microsoft Windows.
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B.
Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a family of consumer-oriented Microsoft operating systems based on the Windows 95 codebase, designed for home and small office PCs in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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C.
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a landmark Microsoft operating system released in 1995 that introduced the Start menu, taskbar, and a more user-friendly graphical interface, helping to popularize personal computing.
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D.
Windows 1.0
Windows 1.0 is the first graphical operating environment released by Microsoft for IBM-compatible PCs, introducing a window-based interface on top of MS-DOS.
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E.
OS/2
OS/2 is a 32-bit multitasking operating system originally developed by IBM and Microsoft as a successor to MS-DOS, known for its stability and use in business environments in the late 1980s and 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Windows version
ⓘ
network-capable operating environment ⓘ network-capable operating environment ⓘ operating environment ⓘ operating environment ⓘ operating environment ⓘ operating environment ⓘ |
| architecture | x86 ⓘ |
| developer |
Microsoft
ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionMedium | floppy disk ⓘ |
| fileSystemSupport | FAT16 ⓘ |
| genre | desktop environment ⓘ |
| includesVersion |
Windows 3.x
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.0
Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.11
Windows for Workgroups ⓘ
surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
Windows for Workgroups ⓘ
surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
|
| initialReleaseDate | 1990-05-22 ⓘ |
| kernelType | cooperative multitasking ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Control Panel
ⓘ
File Manager ⓘ Program Manager shell ⓘ TrueType font support ⓘ improved graphics with VGA support ⓘ multimedia extensions ⓘ virtual memory support ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the Microsoft Windows platform
ⓘ
widespread adoption of GUI on IBM PC compatibles ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| platform | IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Windows 2.0
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 2.x
|
| releaseDate |
1990-05-22
ⓘ
1992-04-06 ⓘ 1993-12-31 ⓘ |
| requires | MS-DOS ⓘ |
| runsOn | MS-DOS ⓘ |
| successor | Windows 95 ⓘ |
| supports |
16-bit applications
ⓘ
386 enhanced mode ⓘ cooperative multitasking of Windows applications ⓘ standard mode ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
business users
ⓘ
home users ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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: Windows 3.x Description of subject: Windows 3.x is an early 1990s Microsoft graphical operating environment for PCs that popularized the Windows platform with a GUI running on top of MS-DOS.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.x visual style
subject surface form:
Microsoft Paint
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows 3.11
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1 multimedia extensions
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.x graphical environment
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
16-bit Windows
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.0 user interface
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.11
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.0
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows 4.10