Xinerama
E284585
Xinerama is an X Window System extension that enables multi-monitor support by combining multiple physical displays into a single large virtual screen.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xinerama canonical | 3 |
| TwinView | 1 |
| Xinerama multi-monitor extension | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629079 — 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: Xinerama Context triple: [X11, supportsExtension, Xinerama]
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A.
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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B.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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C.
Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
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D.
Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
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E.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
- 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: Xinerama Target entity description: Xinerama is an X Window System extension that enables multi-monitor support by combining multiple physical displays into a single large virtual screen.
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A.
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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B.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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C.
Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
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D.
Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
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E.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X Window System extension
ⓘ
software technology ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Xinerama
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xinerama multi-monitor extension
|
| combines | multiple physical displays ⓘ |
| configurationMethod | X server configuration file ⓘ |
| designedFor |
systems with multiple monitors
ⓘ
workstations with multiple graphics cards ⓘ |
| enables | multi-monitor support ⓘ |
| goal | seamless multi-monitor desktop experience ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
awareness of monitor geometries
ⓘ
multi-head configuration support ⓘ single logical screen coordinate space ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
limited dynamic reconfiguration
ⓘ
no per-monitor X screen separation ⓘ some applications not Xinerama-aware ⓘ |
| influenced | later multi-monitor handling in X.Org ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| oftenSupersededBy |
RANDR
ⓘ
surface form:
RandR 1.2 and later
|
| operatesOn |
X11
ⓘ
surface form:
X Window System
|
| partOf |
X.Org Server
ⓘ
XFree86 ⓘ |
| provides | single large virtual screen ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Multi-head display
ⓘ
RANDR ⓘ
surface form:
RandR
Xinerama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TwinView
|
| status | legacy multi-monitor solution ⓘ |
| supports |
spanning windows across monitors
ⓘ
treating multiple monitors as one desktop ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment |
BSD operating systems
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ UNIX workstations ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| usedWith |
desktop environments
ⓘ
window managers ⓘ |
| uses | X11 protocol extension ⓘ |
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: Xinerama Description of subject: Xinerama is an X Window System extension that enables multi-monitor support by combining multiple physical displays into a single large virtual screen.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Xinerama multi-monitor extension