EAS
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EAS is the commonly used abbreviation for Exchange ActiveSync, a Microsoft protocol that synchronizes email, contacts, calendar, and other data between mail servers and mobile devices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EAS canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7893776 — 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: EAS Context triple: [Exchange ActiveSync, shortName, EAS]
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A.
EAS
EAS is the abbreviation commonly used for the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, encompassing its engineering and applied science research and academic programs.
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B.
EAS
EAS is a regional leaders’ forum in the Asia-Pacific that focuses on strategic, political, and economic issues to promote stability and cooperation.
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C.
EBA
EBA is the European Union’s regulatory agency responsible for overseeing and harmonizing banking supervision and ensuring financial stability across member states.
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D.
EBA
EBA is the IATA airport code for Marina di Campo Airport, which serves Italy’s Elba Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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E.
EAC
The EAC (East African Community) is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes economic integration and cooperation among several East African countries.
- 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: EAS Target entity description: EAS is the commonly used abbreviation for Exchange ActiveSync, a Microsoft protocol that synchronizes email, contacts, calendar, and other data between mail servers and mobile devices.
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A.
EAS
EAS is the abbreviation commonly used for the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, encompassing its engineering and applied science research and academic programs.
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B.
EAS
EAS is a regional leaders’ forum in the Asia-Pacific that focuses on strategic, political, and economic issues to promote stability and cooperation.
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C.
EBA
EBA is the European Union’s regulatory agency responsible for overseeing and harmonizing banking supervision and ensuring financial stability across member states.
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D.
EBA
EBA is the IATA airport code for Marina di Campo Airport, which serves Italy’s Elba Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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E.
EAC
The EAC (East African Community) is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes economic integration and cooperation among several East African countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft technology
ⓘ
data synchronization protocol ⓘ proprietary protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EAS ⓘ |
| category |
groupware synchronization protocol
ⓘ
mobile email protocol ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Microsoft Outlook mobile apps
ⓘ
linked to:
Outlook
many native mobile mail apps ⓘ |
| designedFor |
low-bandwidth networks
ⓘ
mobile devices ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| feature |
direct push technology
ⓘ
synchronization over Wi‑Fi ⓘ synchronization over cellular networks ⓘ |
| licenseModel | licensable to third-party vendors ⓘ |
| networkProtocol | HTTPS ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
synchronize calendar data between servers and mobile devices
ⓘ
synchronize contacts between servers and mobile devices ⓘ synchronize email between servers and mobile devices ⓘ synchronize notes between servers and mobile devices ⓘ synchronize tasks between servers and mobile devices ⓘ |
| protocolType |
HTTP-based
ⓘ
XML-based ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
device encryption policy
ⓘ
password policy enforcement ⓘ remote device lock ⓘ |
| standsFor | Exchange ActiveSync ⓘ |
| supports |
HTML email
ⓘ
SSL encryption ⓘ device policy enforcement ⓘ flag status synchronization ⓘ folder synchronization ⓘ global address list access ⓘ meeting requests ⓘ out-of-office settings synchronization ⓘ push email ⓘ read status synchronization ⓘ remote wipe ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Android devices
ⓘ
Windows Phone devices ⓘ
linked to:
Windows smartphones
iOS devices ⓘ third-party mobile email clients ⓘ |
| usedFor |
BYOD device management policies
ⓘ
enterprise mobile email access ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Microsoft 365
ⓘ
Microsoft Exchange Server ⓘ Office 365 ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft 365
Outlook.com ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Live Hotmail
|
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: EAS Description of subject: EAS is the commonly used abbreviation for Exchange ActiveSync, a Microsoft protocol that synchronizes email, contacts, calendar, and other data between mail servers and mobile devices.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
EAS