IBM 3174 establishment controller
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The IBM 3174 establishment controller is a communications controller that manages and routes data between IBM 3270-family terminals and mainframe or host computer systems in enterprise environments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IBM 3174 Establishment Controller | 1 |
| IBM 3174 establishment controller canonical | 1 |
| IBM 3174 family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7935849 — 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: IBM 3174 establishment controller Context triple: [IBM 3270-style terminal displays, connectsVia, IBM 3174 establishment controller]
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A.
IBM 3274 control unit
The IBM 3274 control unit is a mainframe peripheral device that manages and multiplexes multiple IBM 3270-family terminals and printers, handling their communication with the host computer.
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B.
IBM 3081
The IBM 3081 was a high-performance mainframe computer introduced in the early 1980s as part of IBM’s next generation of System/370-compatible processors, known for significantly advancing processing speed and system throughput in enterprise computing.
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C.
IBM 3090
The IBM 3090 was a high-end mainframe computer family introduced in the 1980s, known for its advanced performance, vector processing capabilities, and use in large-scale commercial and scientific computing.
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D.
IBM 5153
The IBM 5153 is a color CRT monitor designed for use with early IBM PC systems, particularly the IBM PC/XT and PC/AT, supporting CGA graphics.
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E.
IBM 3083
The IBM 3083 is a mainframe computer model in IBM’s 308X family, introduced in the early 1980s as a more powerful and efficient successor to earlier System/370 processors.
- 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: IBM 3174 establishment controller Target entity description: The IBM 3174 establishment controller is a communications controller that manages and routes data between IBM 3270-family terminals and mainframe or host computer systems in enterprise environments.
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A.
IBM 3274 control unit
The IBM 3274 control unit is a mainframe peripheral device that manages and multiplexes multiple IBM 3270-family terminals and printers, handling their communication with the host computer.
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B.
IBM 3081
The IBM 3081 was a high-performance mainframe computer introduced in the early 1980s as part of IBM’s next generation of System/370-compatible processors, known for significantly advancing processing speed and system throughput in enterprise computing.
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C.
IBM 3090
The IBM 3090 was a high-end mainframe computer family introduced in the 1980s, known for its advanced performance, vector processing capabilities, and use in large-scale commercial and scientific computing.
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D.
IBM 5153
The IBM 5153 is a color CRT monitor designed for use with early IBM PC systems, particularly the IBM PC/XT and PC/AT, supporting CGA graphics.
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E.
IBM 3083
The IBM 3083 is a mainframe computer model in IBM’s 308X family, introduced in the early 1980s as a more powerful and efficient successor to earlier System/370 processors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
3270 controller
ⓘ
IBM hardware product ⓘ communications controller ⓘ |
| category |
network access controller
ⓘ
terminal controller ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
IBM mainframe computers
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM mainframe
host computer systems ⓘ |
| designedFor |
IBM mainframe operating environments
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM MVS operating system family
|
| era | late 20th century mainframe era ⓘ |
| manages | sessions between 3270 terminals and host applications ⓘ |
| manufacturer | IBM ⓘ |
| networkRole | front-end communications controller ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
manage communications between IBM 3270-family terminals and host systems
ⓘ
route data between terminals and mainframe computers ⓘ |
| productFamily |
IBM 3174 family
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM 3174 establishment controller
|
| provides | central point of control for terminal connections ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IBM 3270 terminal family
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM 3279 color display terminal
IBM 3274 control unit ⓘ |
| supportsDeviceType |
IBM 3270-family terminals
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM 3279 color display terminal
|
| supportsProtocolFamily | IBM 3270 data stream ⓘ |
| supportsTopology | clustered terminal configurations ⓘ |
| supportsUseCase |
time-sharing access to mainframe applications
ⓘ
transaction processing terminals ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment |
enterprise data centers
ⓘ
mainframe computing environments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
centralized management of 3270 terminals
ⓘ
terminal-to-host communication ⓘ |
| usedIn |
financial institutions
ⓘ
government data centers ⓘ large enterprise organizations ⓘ |
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: IBM 3174 establishment controller Description of subject: The IBM 3174 establishment controller is a communications controller that manages and routes data between IBM 3270-family terminals and mainframe or host computer systems in enterprise environments.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IBM 3174 establishment controller
linked to: IBM 3174 establishment controller