Microsoft LAN Manager
E700875
Microsoft LAN Manager is an early Microsoft network operating system and file/print sharing server software for DOS and OS/2, used to provide LAN services in PC networks before the dominance of Windows NT.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LAN Manager | 2 |
| Microsoft LAN Manager canonical | 2 |
| LAN Manager hash | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7858464 — 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: Microsoft LAN Manager Context triple: [NetBEUI, usedBy, Microsoft LAN Manager]
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A.
Windows for Workgroups
Windows for Workgroups is a network-enabled edition of Microsoft Windows 3.x that added built-in peer-to-peer networking and workgroup collaboration features for small offices.
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B.
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of Microsoft operating systems designed with a robust, secure, and modular architecture for professional and enterprise use.
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C.
Microsoft Multiplan
Microsoft Multiplan was an early spreadsheet program from Microsoft, released in the early 1980s as a competitor to VisiCalc and a precursor to Excel.
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D.
Microsoft Plus! 98
Microsoft Plus! 98 was an add-on pack for Windows 98 that provided additional themes, utilities, games, and system enhancements beyond the base operating system.
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E.
Windows Server
Windows Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade server operating system designed to provide network services, centralized management, virtualization, and application hosting for organizations.
- 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: Microsoft LAN Manager Target entity description: Microsoft LAN Manager is an early Microsoft network operating system and file/print sharing server software for DOS and OS/2, used to provide LAN services in PC networks before the dominance of Windows NT.
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A.
Windows for Workgroups
Windows for Workgroups is a network-enabled edition of Microsoft Windows 3.x that added built-in peer-to-peer networking and workgroup collaboration features for small offices.
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B.
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of Microsoft operating systems designed with a robust, secure, and modular architecture for professional and enterprise use.
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C.
Microsoft Multiplan
Microsoft Multiplan was an early spreadsheet program from Microsoft, released in the early 1980s as a competitor to VisiCalc and a precursor to Excel.
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D.
Microsoft Plus! 98
Microsoft Plus! 98 was an add-on pack for Windows 98 that provided additional themes, utilities, games, and system enhancements beyond the base operating system.
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E.
Windows Server
Windows Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade server operating system designed to provide network services, centralized management, virtualization, and application hosting for organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file and print sharing server software
ⓘ
network operating system ⓘ |
| authenticationModel | password-based authentication ⓘ |
| basedOn | IBM LAN Server ⓘ |
| category |
Microsoft networking technology
ⓘ
discontinued Microsoft software ⓘ |
| clientComponent |
LAN Manager redirector
ⓘ
linked to:
SMB
|
| competition |
Banyan VINES
ⓘ
Novell NetWare ⓘ
linked to:
NetWare
|
| configurationMethod |
command-line utilities
ⓘ
text-based configuration files ⓘ |
| developer |
3Com
ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionForm | server software package ⓘ |
| era |
early 1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| feature |
access control lists
ⓘ
domain-style authentication ⓘ file sharing ⓘ print sharing ⓘ redirector client software ⓘ remote administration tools ⓘ user account management ⓘ |
| implements | SMB protocol ⓘ |
| influenced |
SMB/CIFS server implementations
ⓘ
Windows NT domain model ⓘ
linked to:
Windows NT security model
|
| market | PC LANs ⓘ |
| networkModel | client–server ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
OS/2 ⓘ |
| passwordHashAlgorithm |
LAN Manager hash
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft LAN Manager
|
| protocolSupport |
IPX/SPX
ⓘ
NetBEUI ⓘ NetBIOS ⓘ
linked to:
NetBIOS API
TCP/IP ⓘ |
| releaseStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| securityCharacteristic | weak password hashing ⓘ |
| serverComponent | LAN Manager server service ⓘ |
| successor |
Windows NT Advanced Server
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows NT
Windows NT Server ⓘ
linked to:
Windows NT
Windows for Workgroups ⓘ |
| supportsRole |
domain controller
ⓘ
member server ⓘ |
| targetHardware | IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| useCase |
departmental file server
ⓘ
local area network services ⓘ workgroup networking ⓘ |
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: Microsoft LAN Manager Description of subject: Microsoft LAN Manager is an early Microsoft network operating system and file/print sharing server software for DOS and OS/2, used to provide LAN services in PC networks before the dominance of Windows NT.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Microsoft LAN Manager
linked to: Microsoft LAN Manager
linked to: Microsoft LAN Manager