Digital UNIX
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Digital UNIX is a 64-bit UNIX operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its Alpha-based server and workstation platforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Digital UNIX canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4425593 — 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: Digital UNIX Context triple: [DEC Alpha servers, usedWithOperatingSystem, Digital UNIX]
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A.
Unix
Unix is a powerful, multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed in the 1970s that has profoundly influenced modern computing and inspired many derivative systems like Linux and macOS.
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B.
Solaris operating system
Solaris operating system is a Unix-based enterprise operating system known for its scalability, robustness, and advanced features such as ZFS, DTrace, and strong support for SPARC and x86 architectures.
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C.
The Universal Operating System
The Universal Operating System is the official motto of the Debian project, emphasizing its goal of providing a versatile, freely available operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware and use cases.
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D.
VMS operating system
VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
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E.
UNIX System V
UNIX System V is a major commercial version of the Unix operating system, developed by AT&T and widely influential in defining standardized Unix features and interfaces.
- 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: Digital UNIX Target entity description: Digital UNIX is a 64-bit UNIX operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its Alpha-based server and workstation platforms.
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A.
Unix
Unix is a powerful, multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed in the 1970s that has profoundly influenced modern computing and inspired many derivative systems like Linux and macOS.
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B.
Solaris operating system
Solaris operating system is a Unix-based enterprise operating system known for its scalability, robustness, and advanced features such as ZFS, DTrace, and strong support for SPARC and x86 architectures.
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C.
The Universal Operating System
The Universal Operating System is the official motto of the Debian project, emphasizing its goal of providing a versatile, freely available operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware and use cases.
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D.
VMS operating system
VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
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E.
UNIX System V
UNIX System V is a major commercial version of the Unix operating system, developed by AT&T and widely influential in defining standardized Unix features and interfaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
64-bit operating system
ⓘ
Unix operating system ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Compaq
ⓘ
Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| architecture | 64-bit ⓘ |
| basedOn | OSF/1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| developerSuccessor |
Compaq
ⓘ
Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| discontinuedBy | Compaq ⓘ |
| feature |
Advanced File System (AdvFS)
ⓘ
TruCluster clustering technology precursor ⓘ UNIX System V and BSD compatibility layers ⓘ symmetric multiprocessing support ⓘ virtual memory management ⓘ |
| formerName |
DEC OSF/1 AXP
ⓘ
linked to:
Tru64 UNIX
|
| introducedBy | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| laterName | Tru64 UNIX ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| multitasking | preemptive multitasking ⓘ |
| multiuser | multi-user operating system ⓘ |
| notableComponent |
AdvFS file system
ⓘ
CDE desktop environment ⓘ LVM logical volume manager ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
UNIX
ⓘ
linked to:
Unix
|
| predecessor |
OSF/1 for DEC Alpha
ⓘ
linked to:
OSF/1
|
| releaseStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Alpha-based servers
ⓘ
Alpha-based workstations ⓘ |
| successor | Tru64 UNIX ⓘ |
| supportedPlatform |
AlphaServer
ⓘ
linked to:
AlphaServer DS series
AlphaStation ⓘ
linked to:
AlphaServer DS10
DEC Alpha ⓘ |
| supports |
BSD networking features
ⓘ
C programming language development tools ⓘ DNS ⓘ Fortran development tools ⓘ Motif toolkit ⓘ NFS ⓘ NIS ⓘ POSIX ⓘ TCP/IP networking ⓘ UNIX System V Release 4 features ⓘ X Window System ⓘ
linked to:
X11
X/Open UNIX specifications ⓘ
linked to:
System V Interface Definition
|
| targetMarket |
enterprise servers
ⓘ
technical workstations ⓘ |
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: Digital UNIX Description of subject: Digital UNIX is a 64-bit UNIX operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its Alpha-based server and workstation platforms.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.