NFC
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NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless communication technology commonly used for contactless payments, data exchange, and device pairing between nearby electronic devices.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T394853 — 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: NFC Context triple: [RFID, relatedTo, NFC]
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A.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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B.
RFID
RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) is a wireless technology that uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tagged objects, commonly employed in areas like inventory management, access control, and contactless payments.
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C.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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D.
TAP card
The TAP card is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares across public transit systems in the Los Angeles County region.
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E.
NEC
NEC is a major Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation known for producing computer hardware, telecommunications equipment, and related services.
- 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: NFC Target entity description: NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless communication technology commonly used for contactless payments, data exchange, and device pairing between nearby electronic devices.
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A.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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B.
RFID
RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) is a wireless technology that uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tagged objects, commonly employed in areas like inventory management, access control, and contactless payments.
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C.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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D.
TAP card
The TAP card is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares across public transit systems in the Los Angeles County region.
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E.
NEC
NEC is a major Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation known for producing computer hardware, telecommunications equipment, and related services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short-range communication standard
ⓘ
wireless communication technology ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
NFC
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Near Field Communication
|
| backwardCompatibleWith |
NFC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FeliCa
ISO/IEC 14443 Type A ⓘ ISO/IEC 14443 ⓘ
surface form:
ISO/IEC 14443 Type B
|
| basedOn | radio-frequency identification ⓘ |
| communicationRange | up to 10 cm ⓘ |
| communicationType | inductive coupling ⓘ |
| definedInStandard |
ECMA-340
ⓘ
ISO/IEC 14443 ⓘ NFC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
ISO/IEC 18092
|
| enables |
access control
ⓘ
contactless payments ⓘ data exchange between devices ⓘ device pairing ⓘ electronic identity documents ⓘ mobile payments ⓘ public transport ticketing ⓘ smart posters ⓘ |
| fullName |
NFC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Near Field Communication
|
| governedBy |
NFC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NFC Forum specifications
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| hasOrganization | NFC Forum ⓘ |
| introducedAsStandard | early 2000s ⓘ |
| operatesInBand | ISM band ⓘ |
| powerCharacteristic | supports passive tags without own power supply ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
host card emulation
ⓘ
secure element support ⓘ short range physical proximity ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
ECMA International
ⓘ
ETSI ⓘ International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ
surface form:
IEC
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
surface form:
ISO
|
| supportsCommunication |
active communication
ⓘ
passive communication ⓘ |
| supportsDataRate |
106 kbit/s
ⓘ
212 kbit/s ⓘ 424 kbit/s ⓘ 848 kbit/s ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
card emulation mode
ⓘ
peer-to-peer mode ⓘ reader-writer mode ⓘ |
| typicalRange | about 4 cm ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
Bluetooth pairing initiation
ⓘ
sharing small files ⓘ tap-to-pay transactions ⓘ |
| usedInDeviceType |
contactless cards
ⓘ
payment terminals ⓘ smartphones ⓘ smartwatches ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| usesFrequency | 13.56 MHz ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | magnetic field induction ⓘ |
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: NFC Description of subject: NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless communication technology commonly used for contactless payments, data exchange, and device pairing between nearby electronic devices.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Near Field Communication
this entity surface form:
Near Field Communication
this entity surface form:
ISO/IEC 18092
this entity surface form:
FeliCa
this entity surface form:
NFC Forum specifications
this entity surface form:
FeliCa
this entity surface form:
ISO/IEC 18092
this entity surface form:
FeliCa
this entity surface form:
NFC Type F
this entity surface form:
Near Field Communication Interface and Protocol (NFCIP-1)
this entity surface form:
Web NFC API
this entity surface form:
FeliCa
this entity surface form:
FeliCa
this entity surface form:
FeliCa
this entity surface form:
FeliCa