PDP-10
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The PDP-10 was a family of mainframe computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1960s and 1970s, widely used in research and time-sharing systems and influential in the development of early programming languages and operating systems.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PDP-10 canonical | 19 |
| DECSYSTEM-20 | 3 |
| PDP-10 architecture | 3 |
| DEC PDP-10 | 2 |
| PDP-10 family | 2 |
| DEC PDP-10 KA10 | 1 |
| DEC PDP-10 KI10 | 1 |
| DEC PDP-10 KL10 | 1 |
| PDP-10 ISA | 1 |
| PDP-10 KA10 processor | 1 |
| PDP-10 Monitor system | 1 |
| PDP-10 instruction set | 1 |
| PDP-10 line | 1 |
| PDP-10 mainframe computer | 1 |
| PDP-10 model KS10 | 1 |
| PDP10 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5582300 — 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: PDP-10 Context triple: [Maclisp, platform, PDP-10]
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A.
PDP-6
The PDP-6 was a 36-bit mainframe computer developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1960s, notable for its time-sharing capabilities and influence on later PDP-10 systems.
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B.
PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
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C.
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
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D.
PDP-8
The PDP-8 is a pioneering 12-bit minicomputer introduced in the 1960s that became widely known for its low cost, compact size, and major role in popularizing minicomputers in industry and education.
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E.
PDP-1
The PDP-1 was an early 1960s minicomputer famous for its interactive computing capabilities and for running some of the first video games, including "Spacewar!".
- 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: PDP-10 Target entity description: The PDP-10 was a family of mainframe computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1960s and 1970s, widely used in research and time-sharing systems and influential in the development of early programming languages and operating systems.
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A.
PDP-6
The PDP-6 was a 36-bit mainframe computer developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1960s, notable for its time-sharing capabilities and influence on later PDP-10 systems.
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B.
PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
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C.
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
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D.
PDP-8
The PDP-8 is a pioneering 12-bit minicomputer introduced in the 1960s that became widely known for its low cost, compact size, and major role in popularizing minicomputers in industry and education.
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E.
PDP-1
The PDP-1 was an early 1960s minicomputer famous for its interactive computing capabilities and for running some of the first video games, including "Spacewar!".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer architecture
ⓘ
mainframe computer ⓘ |
| addressSpace |
18-bit address
ⓘ
256K words maximum per address space ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
DECSYSTEM-10
ⓘ
linked to:
DECsystem-10
DECsystem-10 ⓘ PDP10 ⓘ
linked to:
PDP-10
|
| characterEncoding | 6-bit character packing ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
research laboratories
ⓘ
timesharing service bureaus ⓘ university computing centers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cpuArchitecture | 36-bit two’s-complement ⓘ |
| developer | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| discontinuedYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| influenced |
ARPA research computing infrastructure
ⓘ
Lisp machine development ⓘ early time-sharing systems ⓘ hacker culture at MIT and other universities ⓘ operating system design ⓘ programming language development ⓘ symbolic computing systems ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
DECsystem-10 time-sharing system
ⓘ
linked to:
DECsystem-10
|
| networkRole |
host on the ARPANET
ⓘ
time-sharing service host ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive macro-assembly facilities
ⓘ
hardware support for time-sharing ⓘ powerful instruction set for symbolic processing ⓘ |
| notableLanguage |
ALGOL
ⓘ
BCPL ⓘ BLISS ⓘ COBOL ⓘ FORTRAN ⓘ
linked to:
Fortran
LISP ⓘ
linked to:
Lisp programming language
MACRO-10 assembly language ⓘ Pascal ⓘ Simula ⓘ early C implementations ⓘ |
| notableModel |
KA10
ⓘ
KI10 ⓘ KL10 ⓘ KS10 ⓘ |
| notableSoftware |
Adventure (Colossal Cave Adventure)
ⓘ
linked to:
Colossal Cave Adventure
EMACS (early versions) ⓘ
linked to:
Multics Emacs
INTERLISP (ports and variants) ⓘ MACLISP ⓘ
linked to:
Maclisp
MACSYMA ⓘ
linked to:
CAS (Computer Algebra System)
TECO text editor ⓘ
linked to:
TECO Emacs
Zork (original version) ⓘ
linked to:
Zork
|
| operatingSystem |
ITS
ⓘ
SITS ⓘ TENEX ⓘ
linked to:
TENEX operating system
TOPS-10 ⓘ TOPS-20 ⓘ Tymcom-X ⓘ WAITS ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Programmed Data Processor series
ⓘ
linked to:
PDP series minicomputers
|
| predecessor | PDP-6 ⓘ |
| successor |
DECSYSTEM-20
ⓘ
linked to:
DECsystem-10
KL10-based DECSYSTEM-20 ⓘ
linked to:
DECsystem-10
|
| usedFor |
artificial intelligence research
ⓘ
computer science education ⓘ interactive computing ⓘ research computing ⓘ software development ⓘ time-sharing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ARPA-sponsored research sites
ⓘ
Bolt Beranek and Newman ⓘ Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ
linked to:
CMU
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ⓘ Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ⓘ University of Utah ⓘ Xerox PARC ⓘ
linked to:
Palo Alto Research Center
|
| wordSize | 36-bit ⓘ |
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: PDP-10 Description of subject: The PDP-10 was a family of mainframe computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1960s and 1970s, widely used in research and time-sharing systems and influential in the development of early programming languages and operating systems.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PDP-10
subject linked to:
TENEX operating system
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10
linked to: PDP-10