NBT
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NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) is a networking protocol that allows NetBIOS services to operate over TCP/IP networks, enabling name resolution and communication between computers.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7858493 — 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: NBT Context triple: [NetBEUI, successorProtocol, NBT]
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A.
BN
BN is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Bonn.
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B.
NB
NB is the official two-letter Canada Post abbreviation for the province of New Brunswick.
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C.
NB
NB is the standard abbreviation for the Dutch province of North Brabant (Noord-Brabant).
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D.
NKT
NKT is the IATA airport code for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, a major United States Marine Corps airfield in North Carolina.
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E.
NTZ
NTZ is the commonly used abbreviation for the Lamlash Bay no-take marine conservation zone off the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
- 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: NBT Target entity description: NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) is a networking protocol that allows NetBIOS services to operate over TCP/IP networks, enabling name resolution and communication between computers.
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A.
BN
BN is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Bonn.
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B.
NB
NB is the official two-letter Canada Post abbreviation for the province of New Brunswick.
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C.
NB
NB is the standard abbreviation for the Dutch province of North Brabant (Noord-Brabant).
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D.
NKT
NKT is the IATA airport code for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, a major United States Marine Corps airfield in North Carolina.
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E.
NTZ
NTZ is the commonly used abbreviation for the Lamlash Bay no-take marine conservation zone off the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NetBIOS over TCP/IP implementation
ⓘ
networking protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | NetBIOS over TCP/IP ⓘ |
| category |
name service protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ session protocol ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedIn | local area networks ⓘ |
| definedIn |
RFC 1001
ⓘ
RFC 1002 ⓘ |
| designedFor | IP networks ⓘ |
| enables |
NetBIOS services over IP networks
ⓘ
communication between computers ⓘ name resolution between computers ⓘ |
| fullName | NetBIOS over TCP/IP ⓘ |
| introduced | late 1980s ⓘ |
| operatesOnLayer |
session layer
ⓘ
transport layer ⓘ |
| providesFunction |
NetBIOS name registration
ⓘ
NetBIOS name release ⓘ NetBIOS name resolution ⓘ connection-oriented session service ⓘ connectionless datagram service ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
CIFS
ⓘ
NetBIOS ⓘ SMB protocol ⓘ
linked to:
SMB
|
| replacedBy |
SMB over TCP port 445
ⓘ
direct hosting of SMB over TCP/IP ⓘ |
| requires | IP addressing ⓘ |
| runsOver | IPv4 ⓘ |
| securityConcern |
information leakage via NetBIOS names
ⓘ
susceptibility to enumeration ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| supports |
WINS-based name resolution
ⓘ
broadcast-based name resolution ⓘ |
| supportsService |
NetBIOS datagram service
ⓘ
NetBIOS name service ⓘ
linked to:
NetBIOS
NetBIOS session service ⓘ |
| transportMechanismFor | NetBIOS API ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Microsoft Windows networking
ⓘ
linked to:
NetBIOS over TCP/IP
SMB over NetBIOS ⓘ
linked to:
SMB
|
| usedFor |
browsing Windows network neighborhoods
ⓘ
file sharing on local networks ⓘ printer sharing on local networks ⓘ |
| usesPort |
TCP port 139
ⓘ
UDP port 137 ⓘ UDP port 138 ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | TCP/IP ⓘ |
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: NBT Description of subject: NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) is a networking protocol that allows NetBIOS services to operate over TCP/IP networks, enabling name resolution and communication between computers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NBT