IEEE 1394
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IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus interface standard, commonly known as FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices such as computers, cameras, and audio/video equipment.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1457 — 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: IEEE 1394 Context triple: [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, notableStandard, IEEE 1394]
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oN-Line System
The oN-Line System (NLS) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and interactive graphical user interfaces.
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Project Xanadu
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Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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NACA
NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.
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Veritas
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- 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: IEEE 1394 Target entity description: IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus interface standard, commonly known as FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices such as computers, cameras, and audio/video equipment.
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Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
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oN-Line System
The oN-Line System (NLS) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and interactive graphical user interfaces.
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C.
Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, non-destructive, and bidirectionally linked document publishing system.
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D.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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N8 Research Partnership
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- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEEE standard
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computer hardware interface ⓘ serial bus interface standard ⓘ |
| allows | peer-to-peer communication between devices ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
IEEE 1394
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surface form:
FireWire
Lynx ⓘ i.LINK ⓘ |
| busArbitration | distributed arbitration ⓘ |
| cableType | shielded twisted pair ⓘ |
| canDaisyChainDevices | up to 63 devices ⓘ |
| commonUseEra |
2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| competesWith |
SCSI
ⓘ
USB ⓘ |
| connectorType |
4-pin connector
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6-pin connector ⓘ 9-pin connector ⓘ |
| dataRate |
up to 3.2 Gbit/s in later enhancements
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up to 400 Mbit/s in IEEE 1394-1995 ⓘ up to 800 Mbit/s in IEEE 1394b ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-speed serial data transfer
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real-time data transfer ⓘ |
| developedBy | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| linkLayer |
IEEE 1394
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IEEE 1394 link layer specification
|
| maximumCableLength | approximately 4.5 meters per segment ⓘ |
| physicalLayer | IEEE 1394 physical layer specification ⓘ |
| powerDelivery | can supply power over the cable ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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surface form:
IEEE
|
| successorStandard |
IEEE 1394
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 1394b
IEEE 1394 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 1394c
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| supports |
DV video streaming
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MPEG video streaming ⓘ asynchronous data transfer ⓘ hot swapping ⓘ isochronous data transfer ⓘ plug and play ⓘ |
| topology |
daisy-chain
ⓘ
tree topology ⓘ |
| transportType | packet-based serial communication ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Apple Macintosh computers
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digital video camcorders ⓘ professional audio interfaces ⓘ |
| usedFor |
connecting audio equipment
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connecting computers and peripherals ⓘ connecting digital video cameras ⓘ connecting external storage devices ⓘ connecting video equipment ⓘ |
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: IEEE 1394 Description of subject: IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus interface standard, commonly known as FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices such as computers, cameras, and audio/video equipment.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FireWire
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394a
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394b
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394c
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394 link layer specification
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394 FireWire standard
this entity surface form:
FireWire
this entity surface form:
Sony Handycam camcorders
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394a
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394b
this entity surface form:
FireWire
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394-1995
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394a-2000
this entity surface form:
IEEE 1394b-2002
this entity surface form:
SBP-2 (Serial Bus Protocol 2)
this entity surface form:
AV/C (Audio/Video Control)
this entity surface form:
FireWire (early models)
this entity surface form:
FireWire 800
this entity surface form:
FireWire (later G3/G4 models)
this entity surface form:
FireWire 400
this entity surface form:
FireWire 400
this entity surface form:
FireWire 800
this entity surface form:
FireWire (for some peripherals)
this entity surface form:
FireWire
this entity surface form:
FireWire 400
this entity surface form:
FireWire
this entity surface form:
FireWire 400
this entity surface form:
FireWire 400