nc
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nc is a versatile command-line networking utility (the Netcat program) used for reading from and writing to network connections, often called the "Swiss Army knife" of networking.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nc canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8248754 — 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: nc Context triple: [Netcat, hasAlias, nc]
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A.
NU
NU is a leading Japanese national research university located in Nagoya, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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B.
NU
NU is the official two-letter Canada Post abbreviation for the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut.
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C.
NU
NU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code for Niue, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean.
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D.
NU
NU is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria, Germany.
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E.
NE
NE is the common abbreviation for the New England Revolution, a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area.
- 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: nc Target entity description: nc is a versatile command-line networking utility (the Netcat program) used for reading from and writing to network connections, often called the "Swiss Army knife" of networking.
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A.
NU
NU is the official two-letter Canada Post abbreviation for the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut.
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B.
NU
NU is a leading Japanese national research university located in Nagoya, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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C.
NU
NU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code for Niue, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean.
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D.
NU
NU is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria, Germany.
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E.
NE
NE is the common abbreviation for the New England Revolution, a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Netcat implementation
ⓘ
command-line program ⓘ networking utility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Swiss Army knife of networking
ⓘ
netcat ⓘ
linked to:
Netcat
|
| hasCapability |
acting as a simple web client
ⓘ
banner grabbing ⓘ creating backdoor shells ⓘ debugging network services ⓘ file transfer ⓘ listen for incoming connections ⓘ open TCP connections ⓘ open UDP connections ⓘ port redirection ⓘ port scanning ⓘ proxying data ⓘ read from network connections ⓘ simple chat client ⓘ simple chat server ⓘ testing network daemons ⓘ write to network connections ⓘ |
| hasImplementation |
GNU netcat
ⓘ
linked to:
Netcat
Nmap Ncat ⓘ
linked to:
Netcat
OpenBSD netcat ⓘ
linked to:
Netcat
traditional netcat ⓘ |
| hasOption |
-4
ⓘ
-6 ⓘ -k ⓘ -l ⓘ -n ⓘ -p ⓘ -q ⓘ -u ⓘ -v ⓘ -w ⓘ -z ⓘ |
| inputMethod | standard input ⓘ |
| license | varies by implementation ⓘ |
| outputMethod | standard output ⓘ |
| runsOn |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
TCP
ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
UDP ⓘ UNIX domain sockets ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automation of network tasks
ⓘ
network diagnostics ⓘ network troubleshooting ⓘ penetration testing ⓘ scripting network interactions ⓘ security testing ⓘ |
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: nc Description of subject: nc is a versatile command-line networking utility (the Netcat program) used for reading from and writing to network connections, often called the "Swiss Army knife" of networking.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.