TSO/E
E739008
TSO/E (Time Sharing Option/Extensions) is an IBM mainframe interactive computing environment that lets users run programs, edit data sets, and issue commands under z/OS.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TSO/E canonical | 3 |
| IBM TSO/E | 1 |
| IEBCOPY | 1 |
| TSO/E REXX | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8483361 — 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: TSO/E Context triple: [Job Control Language, relatedTo, TSO/E]
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A.
z/OS
z/OS is IBM’s 64-bit mainframe operating system designed for high-volume, secure, and reliable enterprise computing workloads.
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B.
OS/390
OS/390 is an IBM mainframe operating system that evolved from the MVS family, providing robust batch and transaction processing, high reliability, and enterprise-scale workload management.
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C.
OS/360
OS/360 is IBM's landmark mainframe operating system introduced in the 1960s for the System/360 family, known for pioneering modern concepts in batch processing, multiprogramming, and system software design.
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D.
TOS/360
TOS/360 was an early tape-based operating system developed by IBM for its System/360 mainframe computers, providing basic job control and batch processing capabilities.
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E.
CICS Transaction Server
CICS Transaction Server is IBM’s high-performance transaction processing platform used to run large-scale, mission-critical applications on mainframe systems.
- 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: TSO/E Target entity description: TSO/E (Time Sharing Option/Extensions) is an IBM mainframe interactive computing environment that lets users run programs, edit data sets, and issue commands under z/OS.
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A.
z/OS
z/OS is IBM’s 64-bit mainframe operating system designed for high-volume, secure, and reliable enterprise computing workloads.
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B.
OS/390
OS/390 is an IBM mainframe operating system that evolved from the MVS family, providing robust batch and transaction processing, high reliability, and enterprise-scale workload management.
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C.
OS/360
OS/360 is IBM's landmark mainframe operating system introduced in the 1960s for the System/360 family, known for pioneering modern concepts in batch processing, multiprogramming, and system software design.
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D.
TOS/360
TOS/360 was an early tape-based operating system developed by IBM for its System/360 mainframe computers, providing basic job control and batch processing capabilities.
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E.
CICS Transaction Server
CICS Transaction Server is IBM’s high-performance transaction processing platform used to run large-scale, mission-critical applications on mainframe systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM mainframe software
ⓘ
interactive computing environment ⓘ time-sharing system ⓘ |
| componentOf | z/OS base control program environment ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| enhances | TSO ⓘ |
| environmentFor |
ISPF/PDF
ⓘ
linked to:
ISPF
|
| fullName | Time Sharing Option/Extensions ⓘ |
| includes |
CLIST support
ⓘ
REXX support ⓘ command processors (CPs) ⓘ logon and logoff services ⓘ message services ⓘ session management services ⓘ terminal monitor program (TMP) ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
IBM MVS operating systems
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM MVS operating system family
|
| operatingSystem | z/OS ⓘ |
| platform | IBM mainframe ⓘ |
| predecessor |
TSO (Time Sharing Option)
ⓘ
linked to:
TSO
|
| provides |
TSO command processor
ⓘ
command environment for ISPF ⓘ security interfaces to RACF ⓘ services for interactive applications ⓘ terminal session management ⓘ |
| purpose |
edit data sets
ⓘ
interactive use of z/OS ⓘ issue commands under z/OS ⓘ run programs interactively ⓘ |
| runsOn | z/OS system image ⓘ |
| sessionType |
3270 terminal session
ⓘ
TN3270 (telnet 3270) session ⓘ |
| supports |
background processing
ⓘ
batch execution of TSO commands ⓘ command line interface ⓘ foreground processing ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
data set allocation
ⓘ
data set editing ⓘ job output browsing ⓘ job submission ⓘ password and security management ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
CLIST
ⓘ
REXX ⓘ |
| typicalUser |
application programmer
ⓘ
system operator ⓘ system programmer ⓘ z/OS administrator ⓘ |
| uses |
RACF for security control
ⓘ
linked to:
RACF
z/OS address spaces ⓘ z/OS data set services ⓘ |
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: TSO/E Description of subject: TSO/E (Time Sharing Option/Extensions) is an IBM mainframe interactive computing environment that lets users run programs, edit data sets, and issue commands under z/OS.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: TSO/E
linked to: TSO/E