Windows Address Book
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Windows Address Book is a built-in Windows component that stores and manages contact information for use by email and messaging applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Address Book canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7858026 — 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 Address Book Context triple: [Outlook Express, integratesWith, Windows Address Book]
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A.
The Address Book
The Address Book is a conceptual art project and book by French artist Sophie Calle in which she investigates the life of a stranger solely through the contacts listed in his lost address book, exploring themes of privacy, voyeurism, and identity.
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B.
Google Contacts
Google Contacts is a contact management service by Google that stores and syncs users’ personal and professional contact information across Google’s apps and devices.
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C.
Contacts app
The Contacts app is a built-in address book application on Apple devices that stores and manages users’ personal and business contact information.
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D.
Kontakte
Kontakte is an influential 1958–60 electroacoustic composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen that explores spatialization and the integration of electronic and instrumental sounds.
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E.
CardDAV
CardDAV is an open standard protocol that enables remote access, synchronization, and management of contact data over the Web using HTTP and WebDAV.
- 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 Address Book Target entity description: Windows Address Book is a built-in Windows component that stores and manages contact information for use by email and messaging applications.
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A.
The Address Book
The Address Book is a conceptual art project and book by French artist Sophie Calle in which she investigates the life of a stranger solely through the contacts listed in his lost address book, exploring themes of privacy, voyeurism, and identity.
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B.
Google Contacts
Google Contacts is a contact management service by Google that stores and syncs users’ personal and professional contact information across Google’s apps and devices.
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C.
Contacts app
The Contacts app is a built-in address book application on Apple devices that stores and manages users’ personal and business contact information.
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D.
Kontakte
Kontakte is an influential 1958–60 electroacoustic composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen that explores spatialization and the integration of electronic and instrumental sounds.
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E.
CardDAV
CardDAV is an open standard protocol that enables remote access, synchronization, and management of contact data over the Web using HTTP and WebDAV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows component
ⓘ
address book software ⓘ contact management software ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WAB ⓘ |
| bundledWith |
Internet Explorer 4 and later (on supported Windows versions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
|
| canBeAccessedProgrammaticallyVia | WAB API ⓘ |
| category | Windows address book software ⓘ |
| defaultStorageLocation | user profile directory ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| discontinuedIn | Windows Vista ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Windows ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .wab ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Windows 2000
ⓘ
Windows 98 ⓘ Windows ME ⓘ Windows Server 2003 ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Microsoft Outlook (optional)
ⓘ
Outlook Express ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| platform | 32-bit Windows ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
manage contact information
ⓘ
store contact information ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Windows Contacts ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| stores |
business contact entries
ⓘ
personal contact entries ⓘ |
| storesDataIn | WAB file ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Windows Contacts ⓘ |
| supportsDataType |
email addresses
ⓘ
names ⓘ notes ⓘ phone numbers ⓘ postal addresses ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
contact groups
ⓘ
export contacts ⓘ import contacts ⓘ multiple address books ⓘ read-only shared address books ⓘ search contacts ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
CSV (import and export)
ⓘ
vCard (import and export) ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol | LDAP ⓘ |
| usedBy |
email applications
ⓘ
messaging applications ⓘ |
| 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 Address Book Description of subject: Windows Address Book is a built-in Windows component that stores and manages contact information for use by email and messaging applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.