New World ROM
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New World ROM is the modern firmware architecture introduced by Apple for later Power Macintosh and iMac systems, moving much of the traditional Macintosh ROM functionality into software loaded from disk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New World ROM canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8521357 — 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: New World ROM Context triple: [Apple Macintosh ROM, replacedBy, New World ROM]
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A.
New World
New World is a South Korean crime thriller film in which Lee Jung-jae plays a central role in a tense story of undercover operations and power struggles within a powerful crime syndicate.
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B.
New World
The New World refers to the Western Hemisphere, especially the Americas, as distinguished from the Old World of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
New World vultures
New World vultures are a family of scavenging birds of prey native to the Americas, known for their keen sense of smell and ecological role in consuming carrion.
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D.
My World
"My World" is a track by Kid Cudi from his debut studio album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day."
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E.
My World
"My World" is a controversial, experimental closing track by Guns N' Roses that blends hard rock with industrial and hip-hop influences.
- 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: New World ROM Target entity description: New World ROM is the modern firmware architecture introduced by Apple for later Power Macintosh and iMac systems, moving much of the traditional Macintosh ROM functionality into software loaded from disk.
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A.
New World
New World is a South Korean crime thriller film in which Lee Jung-jae plays a central role in a tense story of undercover operations and power struggles within a powerful crime syndicate.
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B.
New World
The New World refers to the Western Hemisphere, especially the Americas, as distinguished from the Old World of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
New World vultures
New World vultures are a family of scavenging birds of prey native to the Americas, known for their keen sense of smell and ecological role in consuming carrion.
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D.
My World
"My World" is a track by Kid Cudi from his debut studio album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day."
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E.
My World
"My World" is a controversial, experimental closing track by Guns N' Roses that blends hard rock with industrial and hip-hop influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple computer technology
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Macintosh firmware ⓘ firmware architecture ⓘ |
| architectureType | modern Macintosh ROM architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
classic Mac OS
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linked to:
Classic Mac OS
transition period to Mac OS X ⓘ |
| bootProcess | loads a ROM image or system components from disk at startup ⓘ |
| category |
Apple system architecture
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Macintosh boot firmware ⓘ |
| contrastWith | Old World ROM which stored most system code in physical ROM ⓘ |
| designGoal |
increase flexibility of system software updates
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reduce dependency on large physical ROM chips ⓘ simplify firmware updates ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| feature |
moves traditional Macintosh ROM functionality into software loaded from disk
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reduced physical ROM size ⓘ relies on disk-based system software for most ROM routines ⓘ uses a ROM-in-RAM approach ⓘ |
| hardwareEnvironment | PowerPC-based Macintosh systems ⓘ |
| influenced | later Macintosh firmware designs ⓘ |
| introducedInProductLine |
later Power Macintosh models
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original iMac line ⓘ |
| platform | PowerPC ⓘ |
| predecessor | Old World ROM ⓘ |
| role | provides minimal boot firmware and loads additional ROM code from disk ⓘ |
| supports |
Mac OS 8.5 and later
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Mac OS 9 ⓘ early versions of Mac OS X ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Power Macintosh computers
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linked to:
Power Macintosh
iMac computers ⓘ
linked to:
iMac
|
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: New World ROM Description of subject: New World ROM is the modern firmware architecture introduced by Apple for later Power Macintosh and iMac systems, moving much of the traditional Macintosh ROM functionality into software loaded from disk.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.