Sun 4/260
E750701
The Sun 4/260 is a mid-range SPARC-based workstation/server from Sun Microsystems' early Sun-4 series, used primarily for technical and engineering applications in the late 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sun 4/260 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8690946 — 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: Sun 4/260 Context triple: [Sun-4 workstation, productLineIncludes, Sun 4/260]
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A.
Sun 3/260
The Sun 3/260 is a mid-1980s Sun Microsystems workstation model based on the Motorola 68020 processor, used primarily for technical and engineering applications.
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B.
Sun 3/160
Sun 3/160 is a mid-1980s Sun Microsystems workstation model based on the Motorola 68020 processor, used primarily for technical and engineering computing.
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C.
Sun 3/480
The Sun 3/480 is a high-end model in Sun Microsystems' Sun-3 series of UNIX workstations, designed for technical and engineering computing in the late 1980s.
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D.
Sun 3/280
Sun 3/280 is a model of Sun Microsystems’ Sun-3 series UNIX workstation/server from the late 1980s, based on Motorola 68020 architecture and used primarily in technical and engineering environments.
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E.
Sun 3/50
Sun 3/50 is a model of Sun Microsystems' Sun-3 series UNIX workstation from the mid-1980s, based on Motorola 68020 architecture and used primarily for technical and engineering applications.
- 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: Sun 4/260 Target entity description: The Sun 4/260 is a mid-range SPARC-based workstation/server from Sun Microsystems' early Sun-4 series, used primarily for technical and engineering applications in the late 1980s.
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A.
Sun 3/260
The Sun 3/260 is a mid-1980s Sun Microsystems workstation model based on the Motorola 68020 processor, used primarily for technical and engineering applications.
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B.
Sun 3/160
Sun 3/160 is a mid-1980s Sun Microsystems workstation model based on the Motorola 68020 processor, used primarily for technical and engineering computing.
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C.
Sun 3/480
The Sun 3/480 is a high-end model in Sun Microsystems' Sun-3 series of UNIX workstations, designed for technical and engineering computing in the late 1980s.
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D.
Sun 3/280
Sun 3/280 is a model of Sun Microsystems’ Sun-3 series UNIX workstation/server from the late 1980s, based on Motorola 68020 architecture and used primarily in technical and engineering environments.
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E.
Sun 3/50
Sun 3/50 is a model of Sun Microsystems' Sun-3 series UNIX workstation from the mid-1980s, based on Motorola 68020 architecture and used primarily for technical and engineering applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sun-4 series system
ⓘ
server computer ⓘ workstation computer ⓘ |
| architectureGeneration | early Sun-4 series ⓘ |
| category |
UNIX server
ⓘ
UNIX workstation ⓘ |
| computerFamily | SPARC-based systems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| CPUArchitecture |
SPARC
ⓘ
linked to:
SPARC microprocessor architecture
|
| era | 1980s computer hardware ⓘ |
| hardwarePlatform |
Sun-4
ⓘ
linked to:
Sun-4 architecture
|
| hardwareType |
departmental server
ⓘ
desktop workstation ⓘ |
| intendedEnvironment |
server environment
ⓘ
workstation environment ⓘ |
| introductionPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
mid-range server
ⓘ
mid-range workstation ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | SunOS ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
engineering applications
ⓘ
technical applications ⓘ |
| productLine |
Sun-4
ⓘ
linked to:
Sun-4 architecture
|
| targetUsers |
engineers
ⓘ
technical professionals ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
computer-aided engineering
ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ technical computing ⓘ |
| vendor | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
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: Sun 4/260 Description of subject: The Sun 4/260 is a mid-range SPARC-based workstation/server from Sun Microsystems' early Sun-4 series, used primarily for technical and engineering applications in the late 1980s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.