Windows 95
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Windows 95 is a landmark Microsoft operating system released in 1995 that introduced the Start menu, taskbar, and a more user-friendly graphical interface, helping to popularize personal computing.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows 95 canonical | 37 |
| Windows 95 OSR2 | 3 |
| Microsoft Windows 95 | 2 |
| Windows 95 (32-bit hybrid) | 1 |
| Windows 95 (VFAT extension) | 1 |
| Windows 95 DOS box | 1 |
| Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.5 | 1 |
| Windows 95 operating system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286932 — 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 95 Context triple: [Windows, hasEdition, Windows 95]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Windows 95 Plus! Pack
Windows 95 Plus! Pack is an add-on software package for Microsoft Windows 95 that provided additional system utilities, desktop enhancements, and early internet-related features.
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D.
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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E.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a widely used Microsoft operating system released in 2001, known for its improved stability, user-friendly interface, and long-term popularity on personal and business computers.
- 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 95 Target entity description: Windows 95 is a landmark Microsoft operating system released in 1995 that introduced the Start menu, taskbar, and a more user-friendly graphical interface, helping to popularize personal computing.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Windows 95 Plus! Pack
Windows 95 Plus! Pack is an add-on software package for Microsoft Windows 95 that provided additional system utilities, desktop enhancements, and early internet-related features.
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D.
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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E.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a widely used Microsoft operating system released in 2001, known for its improved stability, user-friendly interface, and long-term popularity on personal and business computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Windows operating system
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ |
| architecture | x86 ⓘ |
| codename |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distribution |
CD-ROM
ⓘ
floppy disk ⓘ |
| endOfExtendedSupport | 2001-12-31 ⓘ |
| endOfMainstreamSupport | 2000-12-31 ⓘ |
| family |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| followedBy | Windows 98 ⓘ |
| genre | desktop operating system ⓘ |
| includedComponent |
Dial-Up Networking Server
ⓘ
surface form:
Dial-Up Networking
PuTTY ⓘ
surface form:
HyperTerminal
Internet Explorer ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form:
MS-DOS 7.0
Outlook ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Exchange client
Microsoft Network (MSN) client ⓘ Minesweeper ⓘ Notepad ⓘ Paint ⓘ Solitaire ⓘ WordPad ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
32-bit preemptive multitasking for Win32 apps
ⓘ
Start menu ⓘ Windows Shell ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Explorer shell
desktop shortcuts ⓘ integrated TCP/IP networking stack ⓘ long file name support ⓘ notification area ⓘ plug and play hardware support ⓘ right-click context menus ⓘ taskbar ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel with MS‑DOS based boot ⓘ |
| latestReleaseDate | 1997-11-26 ⓘ |
| latestReleaseVersion | OSR2.5 ⓘ |
| license | proprietary commercial software ⓘ |
| marketingCampaign | Start Me Up campaign with the Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up" ⓘ |
| multitaskingType | preemptive multitasking for 32-bit applications ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accelerating adoption of personal computers
ⓘ
popularizing the Start menu and taskbar interface ⓘ |
| platform | IA-32 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Windows for Workgroups
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.1x
Windows for Workgroups ⓘ
surface form:
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
|
| publisher | Microsoft ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-08-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| sourceModel | closed source ⓘ |
| supports |
16-bit Windows applications
ⓘ
FAT16 file system ⓘ FAT32 file system in OSR2 ⓘ MS-DOS based applications ⓘ VFAT long filenames ⓘ Win32 API ⓘ |
| supportStatus | unsupported ⓘ |
| systemRequirements |
4 MB RAM minimum
ⓘ
50–55 MB hard disk space typical ⓘ 80386DX CPU or higher ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
home users
ⓘ
small business users ⓘ |
| type | hybrid 16/32-bit operating system ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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 95 Description of subject: Windows 95 is a landmark Microsoft operating system released in 1995 that introduced the Start menu, taskbar, and a more user-friendly graphical interface, helping to popularize personal computing.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Windows 95 (VFAT extension)
this entity surface form:
Windows 95 (32-bit hybrid)
this entity surface form:
Windows 95 OSR2
this entity surface form:
Windows 95 OSR2
this entity surface form:
Windows 95 operating system
subject surface form:
Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
subject surface form:
Microsoft Paint
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows 95