NetBIOS API
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The NetBIOS API is a legacy network programming interface that allows applications to communicate over local area networks using NetBIOS services for name resolution and session management.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NetBIOS API canonical | 2 |
| NetBIOS | 1 |
| NetBIOS Name Service | 1 |
| NetBIOS services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7858474 — 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: NetBIOS API Context triple: [NetBEUI, supports, NetBIOS API]
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A.
NetBEUI
NetBEUI is a small, fast, non-routable network protocol historically used on Microsoft LANs for simple file and printer sharing.
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B.
NETCOM
NETCOM is a major U.S. Army command responsible for operating, securing, and managing the Army’s global enterprise network and communications infrastructure.
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C.
ONC RPC
ONC RPC (Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call) is a widely used remote procedure call protocol developed by Sun Microsystems that enables networked applications to communicate and invoke procedures on remote systems in a platform-independent way.
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D.
NET
NET was a U.S. public television network that served as the primary national distributor of educational and cultural programming before being succeeded by PBS.
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E.
NET
NET is a long-distance hiking trail in southern New England that traverses scenic ridgelines, forests, and rural landscapes in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
- 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: NetBIOS API Target entity description: The NetBIOS API is a legacy network programming interface that allows applications to communicate over local area networks using NetBIOS services for name resolution and session management.
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A.
NetBEUI
NetBEUI is a small, fast, non-routable network protocol historically used on Microsoft LANs for simple file and printer sharing.
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B.
NETCOM
NETCOM is a major U.S. Army command responsible for operating, securing, and managing the Army’s global enterprise network and communications infrastructure.
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C.
ONC RPC
ONC RPC (Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call) is a widely used remote procedure call protocol developed by Sun Microsystems that enables networked applications to communicate and invoke procedures on remote systems in a platform-independent way.
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D.
NET
NET was a U.S. public television network that served as the primary national distributor of educational and cultural programming before being succeeded by PBS.
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E.
NET
NET is a long-distance hiking trail in southern New England that traverses scenic ridgelines, forests, and rural landscapes in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application programming interface
ⓘ
legacy networking technology ⓘ network programming interface ⓘ |
| associatedWithVendor |
IBM
ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ |
| category |
computer networking
ⓘ
network protocols ⓘ programming interfaces ⓘ |
| definedIn |
RFC 1001
ⓘ
RFC 1002 ⓘ |
| designedFor | LAN communication ⓘ |
| doesNotProvide | routable network layer ⓘ |
| exposesConcept |
NetBIOS datagram
ⓘ
NetBIOS name ⓘ NetBIOS session ⓘ
linked to:
NetBIOS over TCP/IP
|
| hasAddressingScheme | 16-character NetBIOS name ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedBy |
DOS applications
ⓘ
IBM PC LAN programs ⓘ LAN Manager ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft LAN Manager
Windows applications ⓘ |
| operatesOn | local area network ⓘ |
| platform |
DOS
ⓘ
linked to:
MS-DOS
Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| primarilyUsedIn | small LAN environments ⓘ |
| provides |
NetBIOS datagram service access
ⓘ
NetBIOS name service access ⓘ NetBIOS session service access ⓘ |
| providesAbstraction |
name service layer
ⓘ
session layer services ⓘ |
| securityCharacteristics | lacks modern security features ⓘ |
| standardizedAs | NetBIOS over TCP/IP ⓘ |
| status | legacy ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Winsock API
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Sockets 2 library
modern TCP/IP socket APIs ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
datagram services
ⓘ
name resolution ⓘ session management ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
name query
ⓘ
name registration ⓘ name release ⓘ reliable message exchange ⓘ session establishment ⓘ session termination ⓘ unreliable datagram exchange ⓘ |
| transportedOver |
IPX
ⓘ
NetBEUI ⓘ TCP/IP ⓘ |
| typicalUsage |
file sharing on early LANs
ⓘ
printer sharing on early LANs ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | NetBIOS ⓘ |
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: NetBIOS API Description of subject: The NetBIOS API is a legacy network programming interface that allows applications to communicate over local area networks using NetBIOS services for name resolution and session management.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NetBIOS API
linked to: NetBIOS API
linked to: NetBIOS API