System.IDisposable
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System.IDisposable is a .NET interface that defines a standard pattern for releasing unmanaged resources deterministically through its Dispose method.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| System.IDisposable canonical | 15 |
| IDisposable | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897289 — 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: System.IDisposable Context triple: [System, containsType, System.IDisposable]
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A.
System.Threading
System.Threading is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for working with threads, tasks, synchronization, and concurrent programming.
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B.
Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
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C.
System.Collections
System.Collections is a .NET namespace that provides fundamental interfaces and classes for working with non-generic collections such as lists, queues, arrays, and dictionaries.
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D.
GC
GC is the post-nominal abbreviation for the George Cross, one of the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decorations for acts of great heroism and courage in extreme danger.
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E.
GC
GC is the common abbreviation for the Guardia Civil, Spain’s national gendarmerie-style law enforcement agency responsible for public security and policing, especially in rural areas.
- 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: System.IDisposable Target entity description: System.IDisposable is a .NET interface that defines a standard pattern for releasing unmanaged resources deterministically through its Dispose method.
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A.
System.Threading
System.Threading is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for working with threads, tasks, synchronization, and concurrent programming.
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B.
Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
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C.
System.Collections
System.Collections is a .NET namespace that provides fundamental interfaces and classes for working with non-generic collections such as lists, queues, arrays, and dictionaries.
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D.
GC
GC is the post-nominal abbreviation for the George Cross, one of the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decorations for acts of great heroism and courage in extreme danger.
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E.
GC
GC is the common abbreviation for the Guardia Civil, Spain’s national gendarmerie-style law enforcement agency responsible for public security and policing, especially in rural areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET interface
ⓘ
interface ⓘ |
| availableIn |
.NET 5+
ⓘ
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ Mono ⓘ Unity .NET profile ⓘ Xamarin ⓘ |
| availableSince |
.NET Framework 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
|
| CLSCompliant | true ⓘ |
| definedIn | .NET ⓘ |
| definedInAssembly |
System.Runtime.Extensions.dll
ⓘ
System.Runtime.dll ⓘ mscorlib.dll ⓘ |
| documentation | documented on Microsoft Learn ⓘ |
| guideline |
Dispose should be idempotent
ⓘ
Dispose should free all held resources ⓘ Dispose should suppress finalization when appropriate ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | public ⓘ |
| hasReturnType | System.Void for Dispose ⓘ |
| isAbstract | true ⓘ |
| isGeneric | false ⓘ |
| isPublic | true ⓘ |
| languageSupport |
C# using statement
ⓘ
F# use binding ⓘ VB.NET Using statement ⓘ |
| member | Dispose ⓘ |
| methodSignature | void Dispose() ⓘ |
| namespace | System ⓘ |
| pattern | Dispose pattern ⓘ |
| purpose |
release unmanaged resources
ⓘ
support deterministic cleanup ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
System.ComponentModel.Component
ⓘ
System.GC ⓘ
linked to:
GC
System.IO.Stream ⓘ System.Threading.CancellationTokenSource ⓘ
linked to:
CancellationTokenSource
System.WeakReference ⓘ using declaration ⓘ using statement ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cleaning up GDI handles
ⓘ
cleaning up I/O handles ⓘ cleaning up database connections ⓘ cleaning up file streams ⓘ cleaning up native memory ⓘ implementing dispose pattern ⓘ lifetime management of resources ⓘ resource management ⓘ wrapping unmanaged resources ⓘ |
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: System.IDisposable Description of subject: System.IDisposable is a .NET interface that defines a standard pattern for releasing unmanaged resources deterministically through its Dispose method.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: System.IDisposable
linked to: System.IDisposable
linked to: System.IDisposable