wxWidgets
E759410
wxWidgets is an open-source, cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit that allows developers to create native-looking applications for multiple operating systems from a single codebase.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| wxWidgets canonical | 2 |
| wxWidgets team | 1 |
| wxWindows | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8806849 — 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: wxWidgets Context triple: [fpGUI, competesWith, wxWidgets]
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A.
MFC
MFC is the commonly used abbreviation for Morecambe Football Club, an English professional football team based in Morecambe, Lancashire.
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B.
Qt
Qt is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for building graphical user interfaces and multi-platform software in C++.
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C.
Microsoft Foundation Classes
Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) is an object-oriented C++ library from Microsoft that simplifies the development of Windows desktop applications by wrapping the Windows API in reusable classes.
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D.
Code::Blocks
Code::Blocks is a free, open-source, cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) primarily designed for C, C++, and Fortran programming.
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E.
RKWard
RKWard is a graphical integrated development environment and front-end for the R programming language, offering an easy-to-use interface for statistical analysis and data visualization.
- 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: wxWidgets Target entity description: wxWidgets is an open-source, cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit that allows developers to create native-looking applications for multiple operating systems from a single codebase.
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A.
MFC
MFC is the commonly used abbreviation for Morecambe Football Club, an English professional football team based in Morecambe, Lancashire.
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B.
Qt
Qt is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for building graphical user interfaces and multi-platform software in C++.
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C.
Microsoft Foundation Classes
Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) is an object-oriented C++ library from Microsoft that simplifies the development of Windows desktop applications by wrapping the Windows API in reusable classes.
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D.
Code::Blocks
Code::Blocks is a free, open-source, cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) primarily designed for C, C++, and Fortran programming.
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E.
RKWard
RKWard is a graphical integrated development environment and front-end for the R programming language, offering an easy-to-use interface for statistical analysis and data visualization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
C++ library
ⓘ
GUI toolkit ⓘ open-source software ⓘ widget toolkit ⓘ |
| designGoal | write once, compile anywhere ⓘ |
| developer |
wxWidgets team
ⓘ
linked to:
wxWidgets
|
| includes |
controls such as buttons and text boxes
ⓘ
menus ⓘ standard dialog boxes ⓘ status bars ⓘ toolbars ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| license |
LGPL-compatible license
ⓘ
wxWindows Library License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| originalAuthor | Julian Smart ⓘ |
| previousName |
wxWindows
ⓘ
linked to:
wxWidgets
|
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| provides |
cross-platform abstraction layer
ⓘ
native-looking graphical user interfaces ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets ⓘ |
| supports |
2D graphics
ⓘ
CMake build system ⓘ Clang ⓘ GCC ⓘ Microsoft Visual C++ ⓘ
linked to:
MSVC
OpenGL integration ⓘ accessibility features ⓘ autotools build system ⓘ event-driven programming model ⓘ file handling ⓘ internationalization ⓘ native look and feel on each platform ⓘ networking ⓘ printing framework ⓘ single codebase for multiple platforms ⓘ |
| supportsLanguageBinding |
C
ⓘ
Eiffel ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ Lua ⓘ Perl ⓘ Python ⓘ Ruby ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cross-platform GUI development
ⓘ
desktop application development ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wxwidgets.org/ ⓘ |
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: wxWidgets Description of subject: wxWidgets is an open-source, cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit that allows developers to create native-looking applications for multiple operating systems from a single codebase.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: wxWidgets