AppleTalk addressing
E743066
AppleTalk addressing is the network-layer scheme used in Apple’s legacy AppleTalk protocol suite to uniquely identify devices and services on an AppleTalk network.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AppleTalk addressing canonical | 1 |
| AppleTalk network addresses | 1 |
| AppleTalk zone | 1 |
| AppleTalk zones | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8520786 — 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: AppleTalk addressing Context triple: [AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol, requires, AppleTalk addressing]
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A.
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP) is a network protocol used in Apple’s AppleTalk suite to map AppleTalk network addresses to physical hardware (MAC) addresses on local area networks.
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B.
AppleTalk Echo Protocol
AppleTalk Echo Protocol is a diagnostic network service in the AppleTalk suite used to test connectivity and measure round-trip communication between AppleTalk nodes.
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C.
Inside AppleTalk (Apple technical reference)
Inside AppleTalk (Apple technical reference) is a technical book that provides an in-depth explanation of Apple’s AppleTalk networking architecture and protocols for developers and system integrators.
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D.
AppleTalk Session Protocol
AppleTalk Session Protocol is a higher-level AppleTalk networking component that manages and maintains communication sessions between devices in Apple’s classic Macintosh networking environment.
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E.
AppleTalk Transaction Protocol
AppleTalk Transaction Protocol is a lightweight, request–response networking protocol in the AppleTalk suite designed for simple, reliable transactions such as file and print services.
- 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: AppleTalk addressing Target entity description: AppleTalk addressing is the network-layer scheme used in Apple’s legacy AppleTalk protocol suite to uniquely identify devices and services on an AppleTalk network.
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A.
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP) is a network protocol used in Apple’s AppleTalk suite to map AppleTalk network addresses to physical hardware (MAC) addresses on local area networks.
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B.
AppleTalk Echo Protocol
AppleTalk Echo Protocol is a diagnostic network service in the AppleTalk suite used to test connectivity and measure round-trip communication between AppleTalk nodes.
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C.
Inside AppleTalk (Apple technical reference)
Inside AppleTalk (Apple technical reference) is a technical book that provides an in-depth explanation of Apple’s AppleTalk networking architecture and protocols for developers and system integrators.
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D.
AppleTalk Session Protocol
AppleTalk Session Protocol is a higher-level AppleTalk networking component that manages and maintains communication sessions between devices in Apple’s classic Macintosh networking environment.
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E.
AppleTalk Transaction Protocol
AppleTalk Transaction Protocol is a lightweight, request–response networking protocol in the AppleTalk suite designed for simple, reliable transactions such as file and print services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of AppleTalk
ⓘ
network addressing scheme ⓘ |
| addressScope |
cable range
ⓘ
zone ⓘ |
| addressStructure |
16-bit network number
ⓘ
8-bit node number ⓘ network number plus node number ⓘ |
| addressType | non-hierarchical within a cable range ⓘ |
| addressUniquenessEnsuredBy | AARP probing ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
AppleTalk network ranges
ⓘ
AppleTalk zones ⓘ
linked to:
AppleTalk addressing
|
| defines | AppleTalk network addresses ⓘ |
| designedFor | Apple Macintosh environments ⓘ |
| enables | routing between AppleTalk networks ⓘ |
| fullNameOfDDP | Datagram Delivery Protocol ⓘ |
| fullNameOfProtocol | AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol ⓘ |
| fullNameOfRTMP | Routing Table Maintenance Protocol ⓘ |
| introducedWith | original AppleTalk protocol suite ⓘ |
| maximumNodesPerNetwork | 254 ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer | network layer ⓘ |
| primaryUsePeriod | 1980s and 1990s ⓘ |
| requires | unique network numbers per cable range ⓘ |
| reservedNodeNumbers | 0 and 255 ⓘ |
| reservedNodeNumbersUsage | special purposes ⓘ |
| status | legacy technology ⓘ |
| supersededBy | TCP/IP addressing ⓘ |
| supports |
dynamic address assignment
ⓘ
manual address assignment ⓘ |
| supportsLogicalGrouping | zones independent of physical topology ⓘ |
| supportsRoutingProtocol | RTMP ⓘ |
| supportsServiceIdentificationVia | DDP sockets ⓘ |
| typicalAddressFormat | network.node ⓘ |
| usedByHigherLevelProtocols |
AppleTalk Filing Protocol
ⓘ
AppleTalk Session Protocol ⓘ Name Binding Protocol ⓘ |
| usedInOperatingSystems |
Classic Mac OS
ⓘ
early versions of macOS (as legacy support) ⓘ |
| usedInProtocolSuite | AppleTalk ⓘ |
| usedTo |
uniquely identify devices on an AppleTalk network
ⓘ
uniquely identify services on an AppleTalk network ⓘ |
| uses |
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
ⓘ
Datagram Delivery Protocol ⓘ |
| usesProtocolForDynamicAssignment | AARP ⓘ |
| vendor | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
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: AppleTalk addressing Description of subject: AppleTalk addressing is the network-layer scheme used in Apple’s legacy AppleTalk protocol suite to uniquely identify devices and services on an AppleTalk network.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: AppleTalk addressing
linked to: AppleTalk addressing
linked to: AppleTalk addressing