Windows for Workgroups
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Windows for Workgroups is a network-enabled edition of Microsoft Windows 3.x that added built-in peer-to-peer networking and workgroup collaboration features for small offices.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286930 — 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 for Workgroups Context triple: [Windows, hasEdition, Windows for Workgroups]
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Windows ME
Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.
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Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a Microsoft operating system in the Windows NT family, designed for both business desktops and servers with improved stability, security, and hardware support over its predecessors.
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C.
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented Microsoft operating system from the late 1990s that built on Windows 95 with improved hardware support, a more integrated graphical interface, and bundled web technologies.
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D.
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is a command-line operating system that became the foundational software platform for early IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
- 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 for Workgroups Target entity description: Windows for Workgroups is a network-enabled edition of Microsoft Windows 3.x that added built-in peer-to-peer networking and workgroup collaboration features for small offices.
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A.
Windows ME
Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.
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B.
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a Microsoft operating system in the Windows NT family, designed for both business desktops and servers with improved stability, security, and hardware support over its predecessors.
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C.
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented Microsoft operating system from the late 1990s that built on Windows 95 with improved hardware support, a more integrated graphical interface, and bundled web technologies.
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D.
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is a command-line operating system that became the foundational software platform for early IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Windows family
ⓘ
network-enabled edition of Windows 3.x ⓘ operating system ⓘ operating system ⓘ operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Windows for Workgroups
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.1
Windows for Workgroups self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.1
Windows for Workgroups self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.x
|
| developer |
Microsoft
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Microsoft ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | floppy disk ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Windows for Workgroups
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
Windows for Workgroups self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
|
| includedComponent |
Outlook
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Mail
Network Setup ⓘ Network-aware File Manager ⓘ Network-aware Print Manager ⓘ Schedule+ (early version) ⓘ Windows Sockets support (in later updates) ⓘ |
| includedFeature |
built-in peer-to-peer networking
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file sharing ⓘ messaging ⓘ printer sharing ⓘ schedule management ⓘ workgroup collaboration features ⓘ |
| kernelType | cooperative multitasking ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| networkProtocolSupport |
IPX/SPX
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NetBEUI ⓘ TCP/IP (via add-on) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enabling LAN workgroup collaboration without a dedicated server OS
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integrating networking into the Windows 3.x line ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| platform |
x86
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surface form:
Intel x86
|
| predecessor |
Windows for Workgroups
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Windows 3.1
|
| releaseDate |
1992-10-01
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1993-11-01 ⓘ |
| successor | Windows 95 ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem | FAT16 ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
386 enhanced mode
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real mode ⓘ standard mode ⓘ |
| supportsMultitasking | 16-bit cooperative multitasking ⓘ |
| supportsNetworkingModel |
peer-to-peer networking
ⓘ
workgroup networking ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
small offices
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workgroups ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
| versionOf |
Windows for Workgroups
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Windows 3.x
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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 for Workgroups Description of subject: Windows for Workgroups is a network-enabled edition of Microsoft Windows 3.x that added built-in peer-to-peer networking and workgroup collaboration features for small offices.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.x
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.x
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
subject surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
subject surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows 3.1x
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups networking tools suite
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups networking stack
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups utility
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
this entity surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11