ManualResetEvent

E697517

.NET synchronization primitive class wait handle

ManualResetEvent is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows threads to wait until a signal is set and remains signaled until it is manually reset.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ManualResetEvent canonical	5
ManualResetEvent in many scenarios	1
ManualResetEvent(bool initialState)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897481 — 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: ManualResetEvent
Context triple: [System.Threading, containsType, ManualResetEvent]

A. WinRT
WinRT (Windows Runtime) is Microsoft’s modern application platform and API surface that underpins Windows Store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, enabling language projections across multiple programming languages.
B. Jakarta Concurrency
Jakarta Concurrency is a Jakarta EE specification that defines standardized APIs and mechanisms for managing asynchronous and parallel execution in enterprise Java applications.
C. Open Multi-Processing
Open Multi-Processing is an application programming interface that supports multi-platform shared-memory parallel programming in C, C++, and Fortran.
D. Extended Events
Extended Events is a lightweight, highly scalable event-handling and monitoring framework in SQL Server used for performance troubleshooting and diagnostics.
E. AnyCancellable
AnyCancellable is a type in Apple’s Combine framework that represents a token you can store and use to cancel an active subscription to a publisher.
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: ManualResetEvent
Target entity description: ManualResetEvent is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows threads to wait until a signal is set and remains signaled until it is manually reset.

A. WinRT
WinRT (Windows Runtime) is Microsoft’s modern application platform and API surface that underpins Windows Store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, enabling language projections across multiple programming languages.
B. Jakarta Concurrency
Jakarta Concurrency is a Jakarta EE specification that defines standardized APIs and mechanisms for managing asynchronous and parallel execution in enterprise Java applications.
C. Open Multi-Processing
Open Multi-Processing is an application programming interface that supports multi-platform shared-memory parallel programming in C, C++, and Fortran.
D. Extended Events
Extended Events is a lightweight, highly scalable event-handling and monitoring framework in SQL Server used for performance troubleshooting and diagnostics.
E. AnyCancellable
AnyCancellable is a type in Apple’s Combine framework that represents a token you can store and use to cancel an active subscription to a publisher.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	.NET synchronization primitive ⓘ class ⓘ wait handle ⓘ
assembly	System.Threading.dll ⓘ mscorlib.dll ⓘ
canReleaseMultipleThreads	true ⓘ
category	concurrency control ⓘ thread synchronization primitive ⓘ
contrastedWith	AutoResetEvent ⓘ
defaultState	nonsignaled unless initialState is true ⓘ
definedIn	System.Threading namespace ⓘ linked to: System.Threading
differenceFromAutoResetEvent	does not automatically return to nonsignaled after releasing a single waiter ⓘ
hasBaseProperty	Handle ⓘ
hasConstructor	ManualResetEvent(bool initialState) ⓘ linked to: ManualResetEvent
hasMethod	Close() ⓘ Dispose() ⓘ Reset() ⓘ Set() ⓘ WaitOne() ⓘ WaitOne(TimeSpan timeout) ⓘ WaitOne(int millisecondsTimeout) ⓘ
hasProperty	SafeWaitHandle ⓘ
inheritsFrom	EventWaitHandle ⓘ
introducedIn	.NET Framework 1.0 ⓘ linked to: .NET Framework
isAutoReset	false ⓘ
isManualReset	true ⓘ
isSignaledStatePersistent	true ⓘ
languageBinding	C# ⓘ linked to: C# programming language F# ⓘ VB.NET ⓘ linked to: Visual Basic .NET
partOf	.NET (5+) runtime ⓘ .NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ
platform	Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ
relatedType	AutoResetEvent ⓘ CountdownEvent ⓘ ManualResetEventSlim ⓘ Mutex ⓘ Semaphore ⓘ
requiresManualReset	true ⓘ
resetMode	manual ⓘ
supportsMultipleWaiters	true ⓘ
threadingModel	multithreaded synchronization ⓘ
threadSafe	true ⓘ
usagePattern	multiple threads wait until signaled ⓘ signal remains set until Reset is called ⓘ
usedFor	blocking threads until an event occurs ⓘ one-to-many signaling ⓘ thread coordination ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

System.Threading → containsType → ManualResetEvent ⓘ

ManualResetEvent → hasConstructor → ManualResetEvent(bool initialState) ⓘ

linked to: ManualResetEvent

AutoResetEvent → comparedWith → ManualResetEvent ⓘ

AutoResetEvent → relatedTo → ManualResetEvent ⓘ

EventWaitHandle → relatedTo → ManualResetEvent ⓘ

ManualResetEventSlim → comparedTo → ManualResetEvent ⓘ

ManualResetEventSlim → hasBetterPerformanceThan → ManualResetEvent in many scenarios ⓘ