VT100 terminal
E229930
The VT100 terminal is a widely influential video display terminal introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1970s, known for popularizing ANSI escape codes and becoming a de facto standard for text-based computer interfaces.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VT100 | 2 |
| DEC VT100 | 1 |
| VT100 terminal canonical | 1 |
| VT102 | 1 |
| VT220 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2038706 — 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: VT100 terminal Context triple: [Digital Equipment Corporation, notableProduct, VT100 terminal]
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A.
xterm
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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B.
IBM 3270-style terminal displays
IBM 3270-style terminal displays are block-oriented mainframe computer terminals widely used from the 1970s onward for high-speed, reliable interaction with IBM mainframe systems in corporate and institutional environments.
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C.
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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D.
Terminal 2D
Terminal 2D is a passenger terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, serving as one of the facilities handling flights and travelers at this major international hub.
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E.
Telnet
Telnet is a network protocol and command-line tool that allows users to remotely access and manage devices over a text-based terminal connection.
- 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: VT100 terminal Target entity description: The VT100 terminal is a widely influential video display terminal introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1970s, known for popularizing ANSI escape codes and becoming a de facto standard for text-based computer interfaces.
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A.
xterm
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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B.
IBM 3270-style terminal displays
IBM 3270-style terminal displays are block-oriented mainframe computer terminals widely used from the 1970s onward for high-speed, reliable interaction with IBM mainframe systems in corporate and institutional environments.
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C.
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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D.
Terminal 2D
Terminal 2D is a passenger terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, serving as one of the facilities handling flights and travelers at this major international hub.
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E.
Telnet
Telnet is a network protocol and command-line tool that allows users to remotely access and manage devices over a text-based terminal connection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer terminal
ⓘ
video display terminal ⓘ |
| characterResolution | 80x24 ⓘ |
| communicationInterface |
EIA-232
ⓘ
surface form:
RS-232
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| displayColor |
green phosphor
ⓘ
white phosphor ⓘ |
| displayTechnology | monochrome ⓘ |
| displayType | CRT ⓘ |
| era |
1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| hasCodeName |
VT100 terminal
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
VT100
|
| hasFeature |
line drawing character set
ⓘ
programmable function keys ⓘ reverse video ⓘ smooth scroll ⓘ status line (on some variants) ⓘ |
| influenced |
ANSI escape code standardization
ⓘ
Linux TTY subsystem ⓘ
surface form:
Linux virtual console
de facto standard for text terminals ⓘ many modern terminal emulators ⓘ xterm ⓘ
surface form:
xterm terminal emulator
|
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| keyboardLayout | DEC keyboard layout ⓘ |
| keyboardType | detachable keyboard ⓘ |
| legacy |
VT100 compatibility mode in modern terminals
ⓘ
basis for many terminal control standards ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| modelNumber |
VT100 terminal
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
VT100
|
| notableFor |
compatibility across multiple computer systems
ⓘ
popularizing ANSI escape sequences ⓘ |
| partOfProductLine | VT series ⓘ |
| powerSupply | internal ⓘ |
| predecessor | VT52 ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
VT101
ⓘ
VT100 terminal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VT102
VT125 ⓘ |
| supportsANSIescapeCodes | true ⓘ |
| supportsBaudRatesUpTo | 19200 bps ⓘ |
| supportsControlSequences | DEC Private Mode sequences ⓘ |
| supportsCursorAddressing | true ⓘ |
| supportsScrolling | true ⓘ |
| usedIn |
minicomputer environments
ⓘ
time-sharing systems ⓘ |
| usedWith |
PDP-11
ⓘ
VAX ⓘ |
| usesCharacterSet |
ASCII
ⓘ
surface form:
7-bit ASCII
|
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: VT100 terminal Description of subject: The VT100 terminal is a widely influential video display terminal introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1970s, known for popularizing ANSI escape codes and becoming a de facto standard for text-based computer interfaces.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DEC VT100
this entity surface form:
VT220
subject surface form:
VT100
this entity surface form:
VT100
subject surface form:
VT100
this entity surface form:
VT102
subject surface form:
VT100
this entity surface form:
VT100