EventWaitHandle
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EventWaitHandle is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows threads or processes to signal and wait for events, coordinating execution flow in concurrent applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EventWaitHandle canonical | 3 |
| EventWaitHandle(bool initialState, EventResetMode mode, string name, out bool createdNew) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897484 — 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: EventWaitHandle Context triple: [System.Threading, containsType, EventWaitHandle]
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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.
Waits
Waits is the surname of American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic, experimental style.
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C.
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.
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D.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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E.
Wait
"Wait" is a song by the Beatles, featured on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
- 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: EventWaitHandle Target entity description: EventWaitHandle is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows threads or processes to signal and wait for events, coordinating execution flow in concurrent applications.
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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.
Waits
Waits is the surname of American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic, experimental style.
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C.
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.
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D.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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E.
Wait
"Wait" is a song by the Beatles, featured on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET class
ⓘ
synchronization primitive ⓘ |
| canBeGlobal | true ⓘ |
| canBeLocal | true ⓘ |
| canBeNamed | true ⓘ |
| canBeUsedFor |
process synchronization
ⓘ
thread synchronization ⓘ |
| canCause | deadlock if misused ⓘ |
| definedInAssembly |
System.Runtime
ⓘ
linked to:
System.Runtime.dll
mscorlib ⓘ
linked to:
mscorlib.dll
|
| definedInNamespace | System.Threading ⓘ |
| documentationUrl | https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.threading.eventwaithandle ⓘ |
| hasConstructor |
EventWaitHandle(bool initialState, EventResetMode mode)
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EventWaitHandle(bool initialState, EventResetMode mode, string name) ⓘ EventWaitHandle(bool initialState, EventResetMode mode, string name, out bool createdNew) ⓘ
linked to:
EventWaitHandle
EventWaitHandle(bool initialState, EventResetMode mode, string name, out bool createdNew, EventWaitHandleSecurity eventSecurity) ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
Reset()
ⓘ
Set() ⓘ WaitOne() ⓘ WaitOne(TimeSpan timeout) ⓘ WaitOne(TimeSpan timeout, bool exitContext) ⓘ WaitOne(int millisecondsTimeout) ⓘ WaitOne(int millisecondsTimeout, bool exitContext) ⓘ |
| hasProperty | SafeWaitHandle ⓘ |
| hasStaticMethod |
OpenExisting(string name)
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ResetEvent(string name) ⓘ TryOpenExisting(string name, out EventWaitHandle result) ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | WaitHandle ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
.NET Framework 2.0
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
|
| isAbstract | false ⓘ |
| isResetBy | Reset() ⓘ |
| isSealed | false ⓘ |
| isSignaledBy | Set() ⓘ |
| isThreadSafe | true ⓘ |
| platform |
.NET 5+
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET (5 and later)
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
AutoResetEvent
ⓘ
ManualResetEvent ⓘ Mutex ⓘ Semaphore ⓘ |
| supports |
auto reset events
ⓘ
manual reset events ⓘ |
| supportsSecurity | EventWaitHandleSecurity ⓘ |
| usedTo |
coordinate execution flow in concurrent applications
ⓘ
signal events between threads ⓘ |
| usesEnum | EventResetMode ⓘ |
| waitsArePerformedBy | WaitOne() ⓘ |
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: EventWaitHandle Description of subject: EventWaitHandle is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows threads or processes to signal and wait for events, coordinating execution flow in concurrent applications.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
EventWaitHandle
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hasConstructor
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EventWaitHandle(bool initialState, EventResetMode mode, string name, out bool createdNew)
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linked to: EventWaitHandle