Windows/386
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Windows/386 was a special edition of Microsoft Windows 2.x designed to take advantage of Intel 80386 processors, offering enhanced multitasking and memory management capabilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows/386 canonical | 1 |
| Windows/386 enhanced mode | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8950997 — 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: Windows/386 Context triple: [Windows 2.0, notableEdition, Windows/386]
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A.
Windows 3.x
Windows 3.x is an early 1990s Microsoft graphical operating environment for PCs that popularized the Windows platform with a GUI running on top of MS-DOS.
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B.
DR-DOS
DR-DOS is a DOS-compatible operating system developed by Digital Research as an alternative to MS-DOS, known for its advanced memory management and multitasking features for IBM PC-compatible computers.
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C.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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D.
Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a family of consumer-oriented Microsoft operating systems based on the Windows 95 codebase, designed for home and small office PCs in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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E.
OS/2
OS/2 is a 32-bit multitasking operating system originally developed by IBM and Microsoft as a successor to MS-DOS, known for its stability and use in business environments in the late 1980s and 1990s.
- 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: Windows/386 Target entity description: Windows/386 was a special edition of Microsoft Windows 2.x designed to take advantage of Intel 80386 processors, offering enhanced multitasking and memory management capabilities.
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A.
Windows 3.x
Windows 3.x is an early 1990s Microsoft graphical operating environment for PCs that popularized the Windows platform with a GUI running on top of MS-DOS.
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B.
DR-DOS
DR-DOS is a DOS-compatible operating system developed by Digital Research as an alternative to MS-DOS, known for its advanced memory management and multitasking features for IBM PC-compatible computers.
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C.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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D.
Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a family of consumer-oriented Microsoft operating systems based on the Windows 95 codebase, designed for home and small office PCs in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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E.
OS/2
OS/2 is a 32-bit multitasking operating system originally developed by IBM and Microsoft as a successor to MS-DOS, known for its stability and use in business environments in the late 1980s and 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn | Windows 2.0 ⓘ |
| canRun | multiple DOS sessions ⓘ |
| codename |
Windows/386 enhanced mode
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows/386
|
| designedForProcessor | Intel 80386 ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | commercial software ⓘ |
| feature |
EMS emulation
ⓘ
ability to run multiple DOS applications simultaneously ⓘ enhanced mode ⓘ improved memory addressing beyond 640 KB ⓘ memory management enhancements ⓘ task switching ⓘ virtual 8086 mode support ⓘ |
| genre | desktop environment ⓘ |
| includedComponent |
Calculator
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Calculator
Control Panel ⓘ MS-DOS Executive ⓘ Notepad ⓘ Paint ⓘ Write ⓘ |
| kernelType | cooperative multitasking ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Windows version to exploit Intel 80386 features
ⓘ
introduction of enhanced mode that influenced Windows 3.x design ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf |
Microsoft Windows 2.x family
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 2.0
|
| platform |
IBM PC
ⓘ
IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Windows 2.0 standard mode
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 2.0
|
| releaseDate | 1987-12-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| requiresOperatingSystem | MS-DOS ⓘ |
| runsOn | MS-DOS ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Windows 3.0 enhanced mode
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 3.x
|
| successor |
Windows 3.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 3.x
|
| supportsArchitecture | x86 ⓘ |
| supportsDisplay |
CGA
ⓘ
EGA ⓘ VGA ⓘ |
| supportsInput |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
enhanced mode
ⓘ
real mode ⓘ |
| supportsMultitasking | enhanced multitasking ⓘ |
| targetHardware | IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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: Windows/386 Description of subject: Windows/386 was a special edition of Microsoft Windows 2.x designed to take advantage of Intel 80386 processors, offering enhanced multitasking and memory management capabilities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Windows/386