RegisteredWaitHandle
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RegisteredWaitHandle is a .NET threading class that represents a handle to a registered wait operation, allowing callbacks to be invoked when a WaitHandle is signaled or a timeout occurs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RegisteredWaitHandle canonical | 1 |
| RegisteredWaitHandle.Unregister | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897512 — 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: RegisteredWaitHandle Context triple: [System.Threading, containsType, RegisteredWaitHandle]
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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.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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D.
Wait
"Wait" is a song by the Beatles, featured on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
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E.
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.
- 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: RegisteredWaitHandle Target entity description: RegisteredWaitHandle is a .NET threading class that represents a handle to a registered wait operation, allowing callbacks to be invoked when a WaitHandle is signaled or a timeout occurs.
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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.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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D.
Wait
"Wait" is a song by the Beatles, featured on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET class
ⓘ
System.Threading class ⓘ managed threading construct ⓘ |
| canBeUnregisteredWith |
RegisteredWaitHandle.Unregister
ⓘ
linked to:
RegisteredWaitHandle
|
| category |
asynchronous programming
ⓘ
threading ⓘ |
| createdByMethod |
ThreadPool.RegisterWaitForSingleObject
ⓘ
ThreadPool.UnsafeRegisterWaitForSingleObject ⓘ |
| 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.registeredwaithandle ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | public ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
Equals
ⓘ
GetHashCode ⓘ ToString ⓘ Unregister ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
Handle
ⓘ
WaitObject ⓘ |
| implementsInterface | System.IDisposable ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | System.Object ⓘ |
| introducedInFrameworkVersion |
.NET Framework 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
|
| isAbstract | false ⓘ |
| isSealed | true ⓘ |
| lifecycleManagedBy | thread pool ⓘ |
| represents | handle to a registered wait operation ⓘ |
| requiresUnregisterToStopCallbacks | true ⓘ |
| supports | thread pool–based wait operations ⓘ |
| supportsCallback |
TimerCallback
ⓘ
WaitOrTimerCallback ⓘ |
| threadSafety |
instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe
ⓘ
public static members are thread-safe ⓘ |
| UnregisterParameterType | WaitHandle ⓘ |
| UnregisterReturnType | System.Boolean ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cancelling registered wait operations
ⓘ
invoking callbacks when a WaitHandle is signaled ⓘ invoking callbacks when a timeout occurs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
.NET 5+
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET (5 and later)
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ |
| usedWith |
ThreadPool
ⓘ
WaitHandle ⓘ |
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: RegisteredWaitHandle Description of subject: RegisteredWaitHandle is a .NET threading class that represents a handle to a registered wait operation, allowing callbacks to be invoked when a WaitHandle is signaled or a timeout occurs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: RegisteredWaitHandle