Honeywell 6000 series

E704364

mainframe computer family

The Honeywell 6000 series was a family of mainframe computers from the 1960s and 1970s known for supporting advanced time-sharing operating systems such as Multics.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Honeywell 6180	4
Honeywell 6000 series canonical	2
Honeywell 600 instruction set	1
Honeywell 600 series	1
Honeywell 6000	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7894452 — 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: Honeywell 6000 series
Context triple: [Multics, ranOn, Honeywell 6000 series]

A. Honeywell 200 series
The Honeywell 200 series was a family of early mainframe computers produced by Honeywell in the 1960s, known for competing with IBM systems and supporting business and scientific computing workloads.
B. Honeywell Level 6 series
The Honeywell Level 6 series is a family of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Honeywell in the 1970s, widely used for real-time control, industrial automation, and multi-user business applications.
C. Honeywell 316
The Honeywell 316 is a 16-bit minicomputer introduced in the late 1960s, used widely for real-time control, industrial, and embedded applications.
D. Honeywell F124
The Honeywell F124 is a modern, low-bypass turbofan engine used to power advanced military trainer and light attack aircraft as well as unmanned combat air vehicles.
E. Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
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: Honeywell 6000 series
Target entity description: The Honeywell 6000 series was a family of mainframe computers from the 1960s and 1970s known for supporting advanced time-sharing operating systems such as Multics.

A. Honeywell 200 series
The Honeywell 200 series was a family of early mainframe computers produced by Honeywell in the 1960s, known for competing with IBM systems and supporting business and scientific computing workloads.
B. Honeywell Level 6 series
The Honeywell Level 6 series is a family of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Honeywell in the 1970s, widely used for real-time control, industrial automation, and multi-user business applications.
C. Honeywell 316
The Honeywell 316 is a 16-bit minicomputer introduced in the late 1960s, used widely for real-time control, industrial, and embedded applications.
D. Honeywell F124
The Honeywell F124 is a modern, low-bypass turbofan engine used to power advanced military trainer and light attack aircraft as well as unmanned combat air vehicles.
E. Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mainframe computer family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Honeywell 6000 ⓘ linked to: Honeywell 6000 series
architectureFamily	Honeywell 600/6000 architecture ⓘ
commercialStatus	discontinued ⓘ
compatibleWith	Honeywell 600 series ⓘ linked to: Honeywell 6000 series
computingCategory	mainframe computer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designedFor	large-scale multi-user workloads ⓘ
discontinuedInDecade	1980s ⓘ
era	third-generation computers ⓘ
hardwareType	general-purpose mainframe ⓘ
industry	computer hardware ⓘ
instructionSetCompatibility	Honeywell 600 instruction set ⓘ linked to: Honeywell 6000 series
introducedInDecade	1960s ⓘ
inUseDuringDecade	1970s ⓘ
manufacturer	Honeywell ⓘ
marketedBy	Honeywell Information Systems ⓘ linked to: Honeywell Computer Division
notableFor	being an early commercial platform for Multics ⓘ supporting advanced time-sharing ⓘ
predecessor	Honeywell 200 series ⓘ
primaryUse	batch processing ⓘ time-sharing ⓘ
relatedProject	Multics time-sharing system ⓘ linked to: Multics
segment	enterprise computing ⓘ
successor	Honeywell DPS 8 ⓘ Honeywell Level 66 ⓘ linked to: Honeywell Level 6 series
supportedOperatingSystem	GCOS ⓘ GCOS 3 ⓘ GCOS 8 ⓘ Multics ⓘ
supportsFeature	multiprogramming ⓘ segmentation ⓘ time-sharing ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ
supportsProgrammingLanguage	COBOL ⓘ FORTRAN ⓘ linked to: Fortran PL/I ⓘ assembly language ⓘ
technologyBase	integrated circuits ⓘ
usedBy	Bell Labs ⓘ linked to: Bell Telephone Laboratories General Electric (via lineage of Multics project) ⓘ MIT ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
usedFor	academic computing ⓘ commercial data processing ⓘ government computing ⓘ
wordSize	36-bit ⓘ

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