ActiveX
E34634
ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework for reusable, interactive components—such as controls and plugins—primarily used to extend the functionality of Windows applications and web browsers.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ActiveX canonical | 11 |
| ActiveX controls | 5 |
| ActiveX Controls | 1 |
| ActiveX DLL | 1 |
| ActiveX EXE | 1 |
| ActiveX browser plugins | 1 |
| ActiveX document | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T264965 — 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: ActiveX Context triple: [Internet Explorer, supports, ActiveX]
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A.
AJAX
AJAX is a web development technique that allows web pages to update content asynchronously by exchanging data with a server in the background without reloading the entire page.
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B.
ExCom
ExCom is the Executive Committee of the UNHCR High Commissioner’s Programme, the main intergovernmental body that advises on and approves the agency’s policies and budget for refugee protection and assistance.
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C.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
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D.
AScX
AScX is a Dutch stock market index that tracks the performance of small-cap companies listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
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E.
WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
- 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: ActiveX Target entity description: ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework for reusable, interactive components—such as controls and plugins—primarily used to extend the functionality of Windows applications and web browsers.
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A.
AJAX
AJAX is a web development technique that allows web pages to update content asynchronously by exchanging data with a server in the background without reloading the entire page.
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B.
ExCom
ExCom is the Executive Committee of the UNHCR High Commissioner’s Programme, the main intergovernmental body that advises on and approves the agency’s policies and budget for refugee protection and assistance.
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C.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
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D.
AScX
AScX is a Dutch stock market index that tracks the performance of small-cap companies listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
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E.
WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component object technology
ⓘ
software framework ⓘ |
| architecture | binary component model ⓘ |
| basedOn |
COM
ⓘ
Component Object Model ⓘ |
| componentType |
ActiveX
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ActiveX DLL
ActiveX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
ActiveX EXE
ActiveX control ⓘ ActiveX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
ActiveX document
|
| deploymentMethod |
downloaded and installed via web browser
ⓘ
installed via Windows installer ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distribution | proprietary technology ⓘ |
| introducedAs | successor to OLE Controls ⓘ |
| knownIssue |
security vulnerabilities
ⓘ
system instability when misused ⓘ |
| limitedOrNoSupportIn |
Google Chrome
ⓘ
Microsoft Edge ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Mozilla Firefox ⓘ |
| notableBrowserSupport |
Internet Explorer
ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Explorer on Windows
|
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| platform |
Win32 API
ⓘ
surface form:
Win32
|
| relatedTo |
.NET Framework
ⓘ
COM+ ⓘ DCOM ⓘ OLE ⓘ |
| requires |
COM registration
ⓘ
Windows registry entries ⓘ Windows-only environment ⓘ |
| securityModel |
code signing
ⓘ
zone-based security ⓘ |
| status | legacy technology ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
.NET-based technologies
ⓘ
modern web standards such as HTML5 and JavaScript APIs ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C#
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Delphi (programming language) ⓘ
surface form:
Delphi
Visual Basic ⓘ |
| typicalFileExtension |
.dll
ⓘ
.exe ⓘ .ocx ⓘ |
| usedFor |
OLE controls
ⓘ
automation of applications ⓘ browser plugins ⓘ embedding components in applications ⓘ interactive controls ⓘ reusable software components ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Internet Explorer
ⓘ
Microsoft Office RT ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Office
Windows desktop applications ⓘ legacy intranet applications ⓘ |
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: ActiveX Description of subject: ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework for reusable, interactive components—such as controls and plugins—primarily used to extend the functionality of Windows applications and web browsers.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ActiveX DLL
this entity surface form:
ActiveX EXE
this entity surface form:
ActiveX document
subject surface form:
NPAPI
this entity surface form:
ActiveX browser plugins
this entity surface form:
ActiveX Controls
this entity surface form:
ActiveX controls
this entity surface form:
ActiveX controls
this entity surface form:
ActiveX controls