CP/M
E40551
CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CP/M canonical | 23 |
| CP/M-80 | 6 |
| CP/M family | 4 |
| CP/M operating system | 3 |
| BDOS | 2 |
| CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers) | 1 |
| CP/M (via disk and expansions) | 1 |
| CP/M 2.2 | 1 |
| Digital Research CP/M | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T313495 — 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: CP/M Context triple: [Turbo Pascal, operatingSystem, CP/M]
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A.
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a 16-bit version of the CP/M operating system designed for Intel 8086/8088-based computers, serving as an early alternative to MS-DOS on machines like the IBM PC.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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E.
IBM PC AT
The IBM PC AT is a second-generation IBM personal computer introduced in 1984 that featured the Intel 80286 processor and set many hardware and expansion standards for business PCs.
- 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: CP/M Target entity description: CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.
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A.
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a 16-bit version of the CP/M operating system designed for Intel 8086/8088-based computers, serving as an early alternative to MS-DOS on machines like the IBM PC.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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E.
IBM PC AT
The IBM PC AT is a second-generation IBM personal computer introduced in 1984 that featured the Intel 80286 processor and set many hardware and expansion standards for business PCs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
8-bit operating system
ⓘ
microcomputer operating system ⓘ operating system ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Control Program for Microcomputers ⓘ |
| component |
CP/M
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
BDOS
BIOS ⓘ CCP ⓘ |
| creator | Gary Kildall ⓘ |
| defaultCommandProcessor | CCP ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Intel 8080
ⓘ
Intel 8085 ⓘ Zilog Z80 ⓘ |
| developer | Digital Research ⓘ |
| distributionMedium | floppy disk ⓘ |
| fileExtensionConvention |
.ASM
ⓘ
.COM ⓘ .HEX ⓘ .SUB ⓘ |
| fileSystem |
8.3 filename convention
ⓘ
flat file system ⓘ |
| firstReleased | 1974 ⓘ |
| hasDefaultShellCommand |
DIR
ⓘ
ED ⓘ PIP ⓘ STAT ⓘ SUBMIT ⓘ |
| influenced |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
surface form:
86-DOS
CP/M-86 ⓘ Concurrent CP/M ⓘ DR-DOS ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form:
PC DOS
|
| influencedBy | DEC operating systems ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | mainframe operating systems ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| memoryModel | 64 KB address space ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on MS-DOS design
ⓘ
widespread use on early microcomputers ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
CP/M
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CP/M family
|
| originalReleaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| peakPopularity |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| platform | 8-bit microcomputers ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
CP/M-86
ⓘ
Concurrent CP/M ⓘ DR-DOS ⓘ |
| supports |
.COM executable format
ⓘ
command-line interface ⓘ single-tasking ⓘ single-user operation ⓘ transient programs ⓘ |
| targetHardware | disk-based microcomputers ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Amstrad CPC
ⓘ
Amstrad PCW ⓘ Zilog Z80 ⓘ
surface form:
IMSAI 8080
Kaypro computers ⓘ MITS Altair 8800 ⓘ Osborne 1 ⓘ S-100 bus computers ⓘ |
| userInterface | command-line 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: CP/M Description of subject: CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CP/M-80
this entity surface form:
CP/M family
this entity surface form:
CP/M operating system
this entity surface form:
CP/M-80
this entity surface form:
CP/M operating system
this entity surface form:
CP/M family
this entity surface form:
CP/M operating system
this entity surface form:
CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers)
this entity surface form:
Digital Research CP/M
this entity surface form:
CP/M-80
this entity surface form:
CP/M (via disk and expansions)
this entity surface form:
CP/M family
this entity surface form:
CP/M-80
this entity surface form:
CP/M 2.2
this entity surface form:
CP/M family
this entity surface form:
CP/M-80